PIX number

08005

Title:

Dangling Rope Marina, Lake Powell, Utah

Caption

In 1996, Utah Governor Mike Leavitt and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Superintendent Joseph E. Alston flipped a switch, culminating a four year $1.5 million effort to replace diesel fired generation with a state-of-the art 115 kW PV/hybrid energy system for the Dangling Rope Marina on Lake Powell, located in the remote Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. In 1998, Applied Power added another 45 kilowatts (kW) of photovoltaics to the site.

Credit:

Gretz, Warren

Publications:



Date:

7/1/1999

Index Date:

8/19/1999

DOE_office:

Notes:

The environmental stripe of PV has never been more pronounced than at the Dangling Rope Marina in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area at Lake Powell, Utah. This 160 kW hybrid (photovoltaic and propane) system from Applied Power was built in 1996 and expanded in 1998. It replaced a diesel fired system. The rewards of lower energy cost, less noise and lower levels of pollution accrue on a daily basis. NCPV engineers from Sandia continue to monitor system performance.

Subject:

environment, solar - photovoltaics

Descriptors:

array, canyon, cost, desert, electricity, hybrid, landscape, module, mountains, national park, output, panel, panels, recreation, remote

Person/Place:

Utah; Glen Canyon National Recreation Area; Dangling Rope Marina

Release Level

Full/Internet

DOE Information:

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