Dutch contractor Heijmans has deployed a solar noise barrier to test three different PV module technologies, including cadmium telluride, CIGS, and crystalline products. Initial analysis has shown unexpectedly low returns, due to the rates at which the installation is selling power to the grid. But high levels of self-consumption could make such designs competitive with conventional noise barriers.Netherlands-based construction contractor Heijmans has deployed a pilot PV noise barrier at its own site in Rosmalen, in the Dutch province of North Brabant. The project is part of a plan the company ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...