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.
The array is made up of 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 input from 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 on the UMD Solar Data page
For detailed energy production data, please see the Malosky Solar Array Summary Report (October 2015)