Posted: 2010-03-08
In yet another instance of using
solar power to operate utilities like water and wastewater treatment plants, the City of Peoria (Maricopa County, Arizona) recently announced the completion of its $510,000 solar array at the city’s water reclamation facility.
Funding was provided through a loan from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, or ARRA, and the 60-kilowatt system is expected to deliver at least one-fourth of the energy needed to operate the facility...
Posted: 2010-03-01
Centerre Government Contracting LLC of Denver, Colorado and E Light Wind and Solar Inc. of Englewood have created a consortium (called Centerre/E Light Wind and Solar Inc.) to install solar photovoltaic panels on 35 acres at the Denver Federal Center.
Centerre, a private company with a staff of 5, received a contract in 2008 from the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs to renovate its cadet gym at a fixed price of $14,801,775, so the issue of experience is moot...
Posted: 2010-02-23
In Burlington, Vermont, the City Market food coop’s roof now sports solar panels in addition to the industrial-sized chillers used to keep the produce crisp and the meat cold. It’s a pleasant juxtaposition of old and new technologies, and reminds us that the new, clean energy paradigm isn’t something delivered assembled to America’s door, but a gradual evolution toward sustainability that has to be nurtured every step of the way.
The 16,000-square-foot City Market/Onion River Co-op is a community-owned grocery outlet with over 5,000 members that remains open 363 days a year from 7 in the morning to 11 at night. The coop’s solar photovoltaic system, comprised of 136 solar panels installed by White River Junction-based GroSolar, will provide less than three percent of the facility’s electricity needs, according to manager Pat Burns, but that three percent is a 31.82-kilowatt system that would otherwise power about six average American homes...
Posted: 2010-02-10
In Lakewood, New Jersey,
Dina’s Interiors & Leather (formerly Dina’s Dinettes) recently installed a solar photovoltaic array on the rooftop of the furniture showroom that will pay for itself in less than four years.
The system was installed by
Arosa Solar Energy Systems, Inc., also based in Lakewood. Arosa, a newly-formed supplier and installer of solar systems in New Jersey and the tri-state area (New Jersey, New York and Connecticut), bills itself as having 30 years experience in the field via a team of skilled solar professionals. In addition to solar PV, which provides electricity from sunlight, Arosa also offers solar thermal (hot water) systems and solar-powered lighting options to residential and commercial customers...