Kevin Conlin of Autonomous Power Solutions is an expert on solar powered billboards. Here’s an introduction to solar powered billboards for those of you who can’t get electricity to your boards. When is solar feasible and when is solar not feasible? Solar is recommended when utility power is unavailable, and […]
Today’s podcast guest is Mike Norton, President of Norton Outdoor Advertising, an independent out of home company with 900 traditional and 14 digital billboard displays in Ohio. Mike represents the third generation of Nortons to run the business. Mike sits OAAA Board of Directors, Digital billboard and Innovations committees. […]
This is the 5th article in a series by Kevin Conlin on solar powered billboards. Previous articles have talked about solar basics, grid tied billboards, standalone billboards and batteries. Today’s post will discuss solar billboard lights and controllers. For small systems and boards with a single face, using the solar controller […]
This is the third article in our series on solar powered billboards by Kevin Conlin. Conlin is President of Autonomous Power Solutions. You can reach Kevin at kconlin@autonomouspwr.com or 281-202-9629. Batteries are the single most important, and least understood, component of any solar powered billboard. Every watt of energy […]
By Kevin Conlin A standalone solar system is not connected to the grid; it generates and stores its own power. In this segment, I’ll clear up some myths and misconceptions about solar lighting systems. A solar generator has three key components: a solar array for generating power, a charge controller […]
At last year’s Geopath/OAAA convention, Lamar’s CEO Sean Reilly predicted that within 10 years most of Lamar’s billboards would be off the power grid or feeding the power grid due the use of solar power. Autonomous Power Solutions wants to make this happen. The company has installed solar powered billboards […]
Insider is running a series on solar power and billboards. Last week Kevin Conlin, the President of Autonomous Power Solutions gave an intro to solar energy and billboards. Today he talks about grid-tied billboards. Kevin’s firm has done work for Lamar, Clear Channel Outdoor, Ralston Outdoor and Sign-Ads. Kevin, what […]
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency and Clear Channel are deploying 500 solar powered lanterns at bus stops. Insider has lending clients who use solar to power billboards which are too far from the grid to get electricity. Lamar has solar powered billboards in 8 markets in Florida. Weather matters […]
