2 MW solar charging station coming to Red Deer, Alberta

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Cleared by Red Deer County council, the facility will be located near Queen Elizabeth II and Hwy 42.
The site will include:
- A 2 MW solar farm with ~ 3500 solar photovoltaic panels
- 6 EV charging stations
- Electric data processing onsite for digital transactions
- Electric storage system
- A rest area
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Local farmers also supported the project however, who likened it to growing electricity instead of plants.

“I’m a farmer. I also harvest the sun with my plants. We’re growing plants but now we’re going to grow electricity instead,” said the Kaun family.:)


 
electriceddy said:
Cleared by Red Deer County council, the facility will be located near Queen Elizabeth II and Hwy 42.
The site will include:
- A 2 MW solar farm with ~ 3500 solar photovoltaic panels
- 6 EV charging stations
- Electric data processing onsite for digital transactions
- Electric storage system
- A rest area
:)
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Is this a Level 2 facility or DCFC? Will charging be free like Ann Arbor's 2 Level 2 solar charging stations at the Farmer's Market?
 
insightman said:
Is this a Level 2 facility or DCFC? Will charging be free like Ann Arbor's 2 Level 2 solar charging stations at the Farmer's Market?
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Quotes from another article indicates DC ultra fast (6x350kW = ~ 2MW) I expect it will not be "free" as the cost to construct is $5m-$10M:
" the project which would cost $5-10 million depending on final size...
build a six-vehicle ultra-fast charging station powered by an adjacent two-megawatt, 3,500-panel solar farm on 5.6 acres.
It will typically take five to 15 minutes to charge a vehicle.
“We’ll also be building one between Dallas-Forth Worth and Houston simultaneously as we have plans to take this corporation international.

“Our five-year plan is to have roughly 100 to 125 of these sites in Canada and the U.S,” ;)
 
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insightman said:
Is this a Level 2 facility or DCFC? Will charging be free like Ann Arbor's 2 Level 2 solar charging stations at the Farmer's Market?
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Looks like a solar farm that rezoned to allow for DC Fast charging. 3564 panels would imply something in the 550W+ bi-facial PV module range and 36 modules/group would get close to a 20kW commercial inverter at a 1:1 AC/DC ratio.
 
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