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| Open Energy completes new solar project near Tahoe  Open Energy Corporation announced that it has completed the installation of its SolarSave Roofing Tiles at the Tahoe Center for Environmental Science at Sierra Nevada College in Incline Village, Nevada. Open Energy has provided the roofing design and construction materials for a 31.5 kilowatt photovoltaic roofing system comprised of 900 SolarSave PV roof tiles as well as nine Open Energy 3500 watt inverters with combiner boxes. The system was chosen because of the high power provided, attractiveness of the tiles, ease of installation and the ability of the tiles to withstand up to 280 lbs per square foot, important for the potential extreme snow loads on the building. The system will produce 4,400 kwh per month for the building.The Tahoe Center for Environmental Science is an environmental research and education facility which was built in conjunction with the University of California, at Davis. The new facility will be an international center for science and teaching on the preservation of alpine lakes and their watersheds. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Construction News :: home page |