Jan 30 2011
Martifer Solar USA has been awarded a contract for a combined 482.52 kW roof and ground mounted solar arrays on the Breeze bus line maintenance and Sprinter rail line facilities by the North County Transit District (NCTD) transportation network. Funding is to be provided by the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA).
NCTD has a solid plan for sustainability and Martifer Solar is to facilitate the agency’s green projects for providing environmental and economic benefits for the community. Angela Miller, NCTD’s Chief Technology and Sustainability Officer, remarked that the agency was ready to implement renewable energy capabilities all over the Sprinter and Breeze service locations.
According to Irene Stillings, Executive Director of the California Center for Sustainable Energy, NCTD was to be admired for its enhanced usage of solar energy to become an environmentally friendly agency and at the same time reduce energy expenses. Projects like this stand out proving solar energy’s usefulness for both the economy and the environment.
The solar arrays would create a savings of approximately $86,000 dollars annually and would reduce 1,141,488 pounds of CO2 emissions every year. The energy generated would power 104 average households in California annually. Raffi Agopian, Martifer Solar’s CEO, remarked that the company was honored to work with NCTD in implementing the green initiatives and demonstrate their commitment to the San Diego public. He mentioned that Martifer Solar was a Southern California- based company and that they wanted to conserve and maintain the natural resources available in the state.
Martifer Solar has deployed manifold solar systems for the California Public transit operations inclusive of the Big Blue Maintenance unit in Santa Monica and the Antelope Valley Transit Authority in Lancaster. The company’s specialty is the designing, engineering and installation of PV electric systems and components in commercial, residential and industrial scale operations since 2001. Thus far it has completed implementing 100 MW of PV solar energy capacities all over the world.
Source: http://www.martifersolarusa.com/