|
contents | technologies | |||||||||
| Urban Ecology Center expands its solar electric system  Kyocera Solar has completed a 44.4 kW solar electric system atop Urban Ecology Center, a non-profit community center located in Milwaukee's historic Riverside Park. The system is the largest solar electric installation in the state of Wisconsin. The system, originally installed in 2004, started out as a 48 module array. With the addition of 208 modules, the completed system now consists of 256 Kyocera KC-175 GT modules, 16 SMA Sunny Boy 2500U inverters and a Unirac Solar mount structure attached to the standing seam roof. The system will produce 55,000 kWh each year.The Center as a whole uses 140,000 kWh each year, offsetting about 40% of the building's total energy use. Solar output from the system will help avoid 106,860 lbs or 53.4 tons of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere annually. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Construction News :: home page |