GE Solar Powered Carousel Debus At SXSW
The La Times reports that many amusement parks and or electric companies like GE are adopting (or supporting) solar powered rides and or attractions. The GE solar powered carousel you see pictured above is from the South by Southwest event that took place in March.
The all-white machine looks like something Tron would ride. It’s powered by 72 of GE’s 80-watt thin-film solar panels set up to the side and lit up by the company’s LED lights, which together stretch a third of a mile.
GE rebuilt an old Allan Herschell Co. carousel from Arkansas. Among the 30 horses, two chariots and two chickens, some of the parts were nearly a century old. Workers stripped the ancient three-phase AC motor and replaced it with a quieter motor from an electric car.
via La Times
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