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July 22, 2010

Solar panels catch the midnight sun

  • Fairbanks has long dark winters, but gets 21 hours of daylight in the summer so the school district put solar panels on a south-facing wall to catch all that light.
    • By SAM BENNETT
    Special to the Journal

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    Thin photovoltaic laminates were used on the Fairbanks project.

    When the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District approached Fred Reardon about an innovative solar project, he had some serious doubts.


     
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