(Source: Datamonitor)
Solectria Renewables, LLC, a US-based photovoltaic, or PV, inverter manufacturer, has announced that it has been selected as the inverter supplier for the Sonoma Valley Unified School District, or SVUSD.
The PV systems will be made up of 19 carport shade arrays, 3 ground mount systems and 6 shade structures, spanning 10 schools across the district and totaling 2.5MW, the company said.
Jeff Stroin, WESCO's Regional vice president commented, "The Sonoma Valley Unified School District needed a team that could meet an aggressive project timeline without sacrificing the quality expectations of the total system engineering design. This important project was enhanced by the combination of quality inverters from Solectria, the building expertise from Roebbelen Contracting and the sales, service and solar industry expertise from WESCO. WESCO is very proud to be a team member for this significant solar project."
This collaboration is a model distribution for large scale solar projects." Construction for this district solar project is underway and is expected to be commissioned in August 2011. The solar project at SVUSD is expected to offset 96% of the school district's collective energy usage.
This amounts to $750,000 in California Solar Initiative rebates during the first five years. In addition, the district is also expected to save an additional $500,000 in energy costs. The total savings are estimated at $26 million over the lifetime of the system. The complete project will offset 54 million pounds of CO2 emissions, the company added.
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