{"id":182373,"date":"2024-02-09T11:28:17","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T17:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/this-modular-pop-up-solar-canopy-charges-evs-off-grid"},"modified":"2024-02-09T11:28:17","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T17:28:17","slug":"this-modular-pop-up-solar-canopy-charges-evs-off-grid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/this-modular-pop-up-solar-canopy-charges-evs-off-grid","title":{"rendered":"This modular \u2018pop-up solar canopy\u2019 charges EVs off-grid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/this-modular-pop-up-solar-canopy-charges-evs-off-grid2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meet PairTree \u2013 a solar-powered canopy that charges EVs off-grid \u2013 that\u2019s made by US-based solar charging infrastructure manufacturer Paired Power.<\/p>\n<p>PairTree, which started to roll out commercially late last year, is quick and easy to set up \u2013 it takes only about four hours \u2013 and its ballasted steel foundation fits right into a regular parking space. What sets it apart is its use of bifacial solar panels. These 4.6 kW units increase energy yield by up to 15% compared to traditional panels. This means that in practice, a PairTree unit\u2019s performance rivals that of a 5.3 kW solar array.<\/p>\n<p>PairTree features a UL 9450-listed lithium iron phosphate battery energy storage system, offering a spectrum of daily ranges from 75 to 230 miles, depending on the capacity chosen. It can support either one or two Level 2 EV chargers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet PairTree \u2013 a solar-powered canopy that charges EVs off-grid \u2013 that\u2019s made by US-based solar charging infrastructure manufacturer Paired Power. PairTree, which started to roll out commercially late last year, is quick and easy to set up \u2013 it takes only about four hours \u2013 and its ballasted steel foundation fits right into a [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1633,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-182373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solar-power","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182373\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}