Plainville, Conn. gets a solar carport
Friday, May 27, 2011 - 14:30
in Physics & Chemistry
(PhysOrg.com) -- The city of Plainville, Conn. got a brand new carport, and this one runs entirely on the power of the sun. The carport makes use of solar panels that have been mounted of the roof in order to power vehicle charging stations for the electric cars below. The new carport was unveiled by Dannel Malloy, the Governor of the state of Conn. and Luis Ramirez, the CEO of GE Energy Industrial Solutions. The project was a joint venture of GE and Inovateus Solar, who managed the actual installation of the solar carport.