Comments on: Meet Polar Rover: The Wind-Powered Explorer Of Antarctica http://cleantechnica.com/2013/03/19/meet-polar-rover-the-wind-powered-explorer-of-antarctica/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Sun, 28 Dec 2014 18:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: dynamo.joe http://cleantechnica.com/2013/03/19/meet-polar-rover-the-wind-powered-explorer-of-antarctica/#comment-155534 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 23:06:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=49752#comment-155534 Well, he said all the field camps use a combo of solar and diesel. Most of the instrumentation is solar powered.

]]> By: jc http://cleantechnica.com/2013/03/19/meet-polar-rover-the-wind-powered-explorer-of-antarctica/#comment-155490 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:15:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=49752#comment-155490 http://www.antarcticstation.org/

This station has solar PV and heating and also windturbines

The station zero emission

]]> By: dynamo.joe http://cleantechnica.com/2013/03/19/meet-polar-rover-the-wind-powered-explorer-of-antarctica/#comment-155429 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 07:34:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=49752#comment-155429 I think I read more or less everywhere gets the same amount of sun, barring atmospheric effects. Just near the poles you only get sun in the summer with nothing (more or less) in winter. Having said that, winter time consumption must be pretty low, because almost everyone goes home in winter, mostly just care-taker crews. So solar should be a good deal for them, especially considering that they have to import everything, fuel included.

I’ll ask a friend of mine who works down there what, if any solar installations there are.

]]> By: Pieter Siegers http://cleantechnica.com/2013/03/19/meet-polar-rover-the-wind-powered-explorer-of-antarctica/#comment-155378 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:33:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=49752#comment-155378 I suppose there must be wind everywhere on the Antarctic ice! I’m curious, how about solar?

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