San Jose, California

Skyline completed the construction of a grid-connected High Gain Solar system in San Jose, California in May, 2009. The system provides power for a transportation maintenance facility serving over a million residents in Santa Clara County. The system demonstrates key aspects of the Skyline's HGS architecture including its long reflective racks with single axis tracking, compact HGS panels and efficient convection cooling.

Time lapse video of the system tracking the sun

Looking across one HGS array tilted in the sun. Heat sink fins in the lower part of the picture appear larger than they really are because of foreshortening.

Bright line running along HGS panels shows the "flux line" where light is being converted to electricity.

Passive heat sinks (center of photo) keep the silicon cells cool

Four columns of Skyline HGS arrays

"Skyline's High Gain Solar architecture impressed us with its attractive modular design, quick installation and focus on high energy output."

Michael Hursh
Deputy Director
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority