What was installed on 205 cars at the jockey club kau sai chau golf?
AUGUSTA, Ga. — In the face of mounting energy costs, some courses are not standing idly by while their electric meters churn. The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Course in Hong Kong recently became the world’s first golf facility and the Sebonack Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y., the first U.S. golf club to power their entire golf car fleets with solar energy. Both courses retrofitted their existing fleets using the SolarDrive system, which is part of the Club Car Solutions Network. A study of energy use by the Golf Resource Group recently concluded that most golf courses use between 250,000 and 5 million kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity in their annual operations. At the high end, that’s equivalent to the amount of electricity used in 278 2,500-square-foot houses, according to the report from the Phoenix-based research firm. “Power costs are very expensive here on Long Island and are getting more expensive around the world,” said The price of SolarDrive panels (normally $2,700) ofte
Club Car Solutions Network enables solar powered golf fleets AUGUSTA, Ga. — In the face of mounting energy costs, some courses are not standing idly by while their electric meters churn. The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Course in Hong Kong recently became the world’s first golf facility and the Sebonack Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y., the first U.S. golf club to power their entire golf car fleets with solar energy. Both courses retrofitted their existing fleets using the SolarDrive system, which is part of the Club Car Solutions Network. A study of energy use by the Golf Resource Group recently concluded that most golf courses use between 250,000 and 5 million kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity in their annual operations. At the high end, that’s equivalent to the amount of electricity used in 278 2,500-square-foot houses, according to the report from the Phoenix-based research firm. “Power costs are very expensive here on Long Island and are getting more expensive around the world
The solar-cell roof panels installed on 40 cars at Sebonack and on 205 cars at The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course were designed and engineered … Sources: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct2=us%2F0_0_s_0_0_t&usg=AFQjCNGhaf0eSdvEHFojNI7kM0IdZJ4myA&cid=0&ei=AgmTSuiDK5SQ8AT4mqXIAw&rt=SEARCH&vm=STANDARD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldgolf.
