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The Solar Voltaic Unit Generators using a standardized 

 frame and Power/SCADA Coupler are Independent Power 

 Producer owned and maintained. They are plugged into 

 'power slots' in the Interface Substation. 

 Electrically isolated, the SVUG can contain any 

 advanced photovoltaic material that is developed in a 

 competitive and proprietary Photovoltaic Module 

 manufacturing Industry. This encourages a successful 

 manufacturer and energy options resource supplier to 

 upgrade rated capacity and performance for "his" SVUGs 

 plugged in to 'his' energy-option "power slots", 

 earning more energy option revenue. The Department of 

 Energy sponsored 'efficiency race" of the last decade 

 will become highly proprietary and manufacturer funded. 



Typical D-C electrical characteristics of photovoltaic 

 modules in current commercial manufacture are scaled to 

 a two meter square Solar Voltaic Unit Generator and 

 shown in an SVUG Fuel-Rate Characteristic chart. As 

 insolation input and temperature of the SVUG effects 

 the output power level, the source impedance and the 

 terminal current and voltage change as shown. 

 Manufacturers of SVUGs will develop proprietary 

 circuits to adjust to the maximum power point for 

 insolation and temperature conditions and provide power 

 at the primary of the secondary of the two-part power 

 coupler transformer; in this generic plant example 

 standardized at 100 volts, tSO Hz alternating current. 

 With maximum powers of 200 to 300 watts integrated 



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