Malosky Stadium

Malosky Stadium

Malosky Stadium has 28 solar panels that were installed in the fall of 2008. The panel array provides a portion of the electrical needs of the Malosky Stadium building. (it is not connected to the grid.)  The panels are arranged in 4 rows of 7 panels.

28 Sharp Solar Modules rated 208 Watts each, for a total of 5,824 watts (5.8 kWh) of electric power capacity.  Each panel, a Sharp ND-208U1F, is rated to produce 7 Amps of current at 29 Volts in full sunlight. The array is arranged in two parallel chains of 14 panels connected in series, to create a 400 Volt, 14 amp source. The output of the array is connected to an inverter that converts the direct current into alternating current for use in the building.

The Inverter, a SMA Technologies SB-5000US Grid-Connected Inverter, is rated for 5000 Watts of electric power output. The Inverter chops up the 400 Volt DC output of the solar array and creates a 277 Vrms AC waveform, synchronized to one of the phases of the 277/480 V building electrical system.

Live data from the Malosky array is available here

For detailed energy production data, please see the Malosky Solar Array maloskysummaryreport.pdf (October 2015)