Dec 16 2010
Kinney Construction Services (KCS) in partnership with Kyocera Solar has completed the installation of a solar power system for Sedona Red Rock High School in Sedona, Ariz.
The completed solar installation forms a part of the other proposed alternative energy projects such as a solar hot water heating system and a geothermal system organized by the Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District to cut down its spending towards power utilities
The 806 kW solar photovoltaic system installed by KCS comprises 3,838 Kyocera KD210 high-power producing multicrystalline solar panels. The installed system will generate around 1.45 million kWh of power every year, which can be utilized to power around 126 average homes. The power generated by the solar installation can be equated to reducing the carbon dioxide discharges of 199 cars by removing them off the road. The company is currently building a 42 kW system over the roof of the district office and a 60 kW solar system for West Sedona School. As a part of the project the company has added a PV monitoring system for educational purposes to teach the students in real time how the solar module produces power. All the renewable energy projects meant for the school district are anticipated to finish by June 2011.
Tim Kinney, President and CEO of KCS, expressed his happiness about designing and construing a solar power system for the Sedona Red Rock High School. He thanked the school district, the students and the community for the extended support during the installation and said that the solar project will reduce the spending of school district towards utility while allowing them to preserve the ecological environ of the district.
Source: http://www.kinneyconstruction.net/