Sep 17, 2014, 12:27pm MST Updated: Sep 17, 2014, 1:54pm MST
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City of Mesa
Mesa, in affiliation with SRP, powered up its fifth busy solar ability in a year at Red Mountain Badge Station, 4333 E. University Drive. SolarCity installed and will own and advance the arrangement as allotment of a 20 year agreement. It is accepted to accomplish added than 272,400 kilowatt hours of activity annually for the station. Accumulation in account costs over that time are estimated to accomplish $206,000.
Mesa continues to about-face sunshine into accumulation with a new 169.2 kilowatt solar ability architect on its Red Mountain Badge Station.
The parking lot sited solar console arrangement at 4333 E. University Drive will advance added than 272kW hours anniversary year into the badge station, acid Mesa's activity costs.
The panels accommodate adumbration for badge admiral and their vehicles.
Mesa has been axis on a cardinal of solar projects beneath an allurement affairs with Salt River Project. The Red Mountain accession is the fifth ability in the affairs that concluded in April.
Mesa Activity Conservation Specialist Janet Bunchman said that the burghal is exploring installations for its baptize analysis accessories and added badge and blaze stations. The 2013 accession at the activity able Fiesta badge base adored the burghal about $14,000 in account bills in its aboriginal year of operation.
At the Red Mountain Badge Station, SolarCity installed and will own and advance the arrangement in a 20-year acceding with the burghal of Mesa. The burghal expects to save over $200,000 over the activity of the agreement.
Mesa's solar arrays accomplish added than 1.5 actor kW hours a year. From a sustainability focus, it's the agnate of offsetting carbon dioxide emissions from about 200 homes' electric use for one year. Over the 20-year activity of the currently installed systems' leases, the burghal conservatively expects to see accumulation of at atomic $2 actor in account costs.
At the end of the leases, the burghal has the advantage to acquirement the systems.
"Solar arrays aftermost best than 20 years," said Bunchman. "The inverters, the about-face from the panels' DC ability to accessible AC power, don't aftermost that long, so they are replaced during the lease. The panels will be accessible above the end of our leases with SolarCity."
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Title : Mesa fires up new solar arrangement for badge station
Description : Sep 17, 2014, 12:27pm MST Updated: Sep 17, 2014, 1:54pm MST Enlarge Photo City of Mesa Mesa, in affiliation with SRP, p...