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San Luis Obispo, California, REC Solar, one of the fastest growing solar energy providers for the network related to residential and commercial power systems solar photovoltaic, recently announced the acquisition of a contract with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, or VA – a division of the Department of Defense (DoD) – the construction of 1.7 megawatts of solar power capacity in federally owned buildings in California, Arizona and Nevada.
Founded in 1997, and more than a dozen offices in six states (AZ, CA, CO, HI, OR and NJ), REC Solar is one of the few solar companies in California, whose engineers are certified by the North American Council of Certified Energy Professionals.
The system, once completed, will represent the solar energy systems Largest network of VA, 1296 amounting to buildings dedicated to veterans' health, education, welfare, training and other social support systems for the nation 24.5 million veterans, nearly 10 million of whom are 65 years or more.
Completion of the 1.7 megawatts is planned for spring 2010 and create over 60 jobs during its construction. When completed, but also prevent 1.2 tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year (for the elimination of much of that generation of coal and fossil fuel burning power plants). This is equivalent to conserve more than a quarter acre of pine forest, the planting of 31 trees per year, or prevention of burning 139 gallons of gasoline a year.
The amount of electricity generated, 2.1 megawatt-hour, power homes and 3600, according to REC Solar CEO Angiolo Laviziano, the direct result of the turnkey of solar energy solutions company, offering the opportunity to buy Dale solar energy through a standardized Service Management General (GSA) Schedule. The GSA's financial management and audit arm of the federal government.
The solar, for Palo Alto, Fresno, Los Angeles and Long Beach, California and Tucson, Ariz., and Reno, Nevada, the VA system saved more than $ 175,000 a year in utility costs electric, a combination of roof-mounted, floor-clothed, and facilities based on garage AE-7000 U.S. REC Series solar modules, combining superior long-term reliable performance. The systems will also be equipped with Satcon inverters, and supervised by the Energy Recommerce Inc.
REC Solar, whose phenomenal growth (of 20 employees in 2005 to 500 in 2009) is largely due to the company's reputation for quality and service, will install 1,700 system this year, but not sufficient, according Laviziano, which says that the solar industry as a whole is not in conflict for lack of space (the Mojave Desert, notwithstanding), but by a lack of understanding of new defined parameters of photovoltaic solar energy itself.
According Laviziano, most of people considering solar power still trapped in the paradigm of the 1990s and prohibitively expensive solar installations, low efficiency rates (10 percent or less), and half recovery times century.
This is no longer true, thanks to the stimulus package and credits to the federal level of State and even regional level, the falling price of solar energy itself ($ 7 per watt installed, fewer incentives, or about.25 cents per kilowatt hour, compared to.15 cents for conventional produce, including taxes and pass-through shares), and the possibility of leasing solar for those who still can not afford the upfront costs.
Solar panels are planned for four affordable housing communities in California to provide cheap electricity for low-income residents.
In total, the solar panels generate 790 kilowatts, or 1.1 megawatt-hours of electricity. Three of the communities to receive solar energy is in San Francisco and one is in Richmond, a city north of Berkeley.
The systems will be financed by the power purchase agreements, which have become popular among homeowners and businesses looking to install solar panels, but concerned about the upfront costs. Under a PPA, installers individuals or municipalities pay the initial cost of solar and receive payment over an extended period of time. Berkeley was the first city to have a PPP program, participating owners pay the costs of solar energy system through a 20-year property tax assessment.
The CAE planned four affordable housing projects will be provided by the Real Goods Solar, a private solar installer. The residents of four communities pay for electricity solar panels at lower prices than they pay for conventional electricity.
The solar panel systems "are produced at low cost energy in the coming decades, "Real Goods Solar President John Schaeffer said.
