Nov 20 2009
High efficiency solar cell provider SunPower has completed the installation of 1-megawatt solar power rooftop system at the headquarters of Agilent Technologies at Santa Clara. In continuation of its installation of a 1-megawatt solar tracking system at Agilent’s campus at Santa Rosa, SunPower has now installed solar power roof systems on three buildings at Santa Clara. Agilent Technologies believes that the system will bring down energy expenses by 3.5 million dollars during the first ten years of operation of the solar power rooftop systems.
Agielnt Technologies’ director for the health, safety and security of the environment, Keith Morgan, remarked that SunPower has helped the company to sustain its commitment to renewable solar power and protect the environment through the use of clean energy. The utilization of SunPower’s solar energy technology is expected to help Agilent Technologies decrease the impact of tis operations on the environment and increase its return on clean energy investments.
The solar power rooftop system installed at Agilent Technologies incorporates SunPower T5 Solar Roof tiles. This roof tile is has non-penetrating features and it combines SunPower solar panels, mounting system, and frames into a single pre-assembled unit. The roof tile is tilted at an angle of five degrees to generate approximately twice the energy generated per square meter of conventional systems.
According to Bill Kelly, the managing director of SunPower, the installation of the solar power rooftop system at Agilent Technologies shows Agilent’s commitment toward adopting practices that will sustain the environment through the products manufactured by the company.
The solar system installed at Agilent Technologies will be able to displace over 50 million pounds of carbon dioxide as per the conversion formulas released by the US Environmental Protection Agency. The carbon dioxide removed in this way is equivalent to eliminating 4,200 cars on the California highway.
Source: www.sunpowercorp.com