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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2023
Noria Energy, Sausalito, CA (US);
James Raiford, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jason King, San Francisco, CA (US);
Alex Mayer, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Becca Suchower, Sausalito, CA (US);
Brian Atchley, Petaluma, CA (US);
NORIA ENERGY, Sausalito, CA (US);
Abstract
A floating solar array having a grid of structural members with openings therebetween and supporting pontoons underneath. One or more floating solar PV modules are positioned in each of the openings and elastic connectors are used to isolate these floating solar PV modules from the movement of the structural member grid. A first end of each of the elastic connectors are connected to the structural members or to one of the grid supporting pontoons, while a second end of each elastic connector is connected either to a PV module supporting pontoon or to the PV module mounted thereon. Together, these elastic connectors allow for limited linear and torsional movement of each of the floating solar PV modules with respect to the structural member grid.