IX Energy develops solar array for carports and parking lots
Logo of IX Energy Holdings Inc. Image courtesy of IX Energy Holdings Inc. American solar energy company IX Energy Holdings, Inc. recently announced that it has developed a cost-effective solar array for carports and parking lots.
IX Energy is developing the solar energy systems specifically for carports and parking lots because they are ideal and underutilized spaces for solar energy systems. Carports are located in public areas where there is no shade to protect cars from the elements. Carports are also transitioning into electric vehicle and plug-in hybrid charging stations, which in turn can be fed directly from solar energy arrays. IX Energy estimates that about five billion acres of land make up parking lots in the US. However, in order to efficiently use carport areas, the cost of solar power systems must be brought down.
IX Energy has developed a new technology called Harness Solar Power (HASP), which offers a full carport structure integrated with a solar energy array, but costs less than conventional carport structures. The majority of existing carports are structures that cover two to four cars, which consist of beams spanning 30 or more feet. IX Energy will be using a cable system similar to that used in bridges, allowing for a covered space two to three times larger than most carport systems, but with reduced material cost. The larger covered surface makes a building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) solar energy array more economically viable.
IX Energy recently purchased a solar cell production line from Spire Corporation using US stimulus funds.
IX Energy’s BIPV carport design will also be able to incorporate additional renewable energy elements such as wind power generators and combiner boxes for electric vehicle charging.
IX Energy is a renewable services company that designs, markets, and develops solar power systems and other renewable energy solutions for US Federal Government agencies, the US military, and US commercial customers. IX Energy is listed on the OTCBB as IXEH. Its stock was down 19.77% on the May 22 trading day, falling to $0.345.
- Mike R. Lopez
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