solar energy research institute golden colorado
solar energy's largest testing center in the U.S.
On Wednesday, October 21 held a groundbreaking historical in Aurora, Colorado.
When completed, the 74-acre Solar Technology Acceleration Center, or SolarTAC, will become one of the largest solar testing technology in the United States United, which provides a inclusive and integrated approach to evaluating the commercial viability of solar photovoltaic technologies ranging from simple large, utility-scale concentrating solar energy options.
With over 300 days of sunshine a year, and a value of solar irradiation of 5.0 (on a scale of 2.0 to 6.0 in the states contiguous United States), the site of flat land and access to Denver and Denver International Airport make it a win-win for solar power, and collaboration seven members – all involved in research and power generation – shows that solar energy is ready and willing to join the mainstream energy generation.
Partners include the City of Aurora, Spain-based Abengoa Solar, Kansas City, Missouri-based Midwest Research Institute (manager SolarTAC), Beltsville, Maryland-based SunEdison, Minneapolis, Minnesota-based Xcel Energy (which serves Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, North and South Dakota, Colorado, New Mexico and Texas), Colorado School of Mines, the Colorado renewable energy (or crew, member of the University of Colorado, Boulder), Palo Alto, California based Electric Power Research Institute, or EPRI, and – more recently – Golden, Colorado-based National renewable energy laboratory, a research division of the Department Energy based in Washington DC
Located on 1762 acres designated Aurora Campus for Renewable Energies, dedicated to research and technology development alternative energy for power generation without creating greenhouse gases, the site is part of the city of Aurora's master plan for development.
Aurora, paid about $ 10 million for the land five years ago, plans to lease to SolarTAC, whose facilities are sponsoring research in three areas: property (In which the results are not shared, common, in which research is shared among participants or stakeholders and the public inquiry, which can be shared with anyone interested in following the development of solar energy.
The only partner that stands out is Xcel Energy, a utility owned investors. However, Xcel Energy officials have long acknowledged the need for "cleaner" energy power generation scale network, as witness its innovative wind energy project in Minnesota, an assembly of more than 600 wind turbines started in 1999 along the Buffalo Ridge, a promontory that provides more high-grade wind resources than the entire state of California. The facility, and additions in recent years has led to the change of name of the small town of Lake Benton as "The Capital of the world wind energy."
Xcel Energy also offers a solar energy program for the participation of taxpayers through rewards solar, which costs taxpayers about.35 cents per month, but pays $ 2 per watt installed solar energy systems and a REC (Renewable Energy Credit) charge of $ 2.50 per watt, which would cover about half the cost of a 2 – a 3 kilowatt system.
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