Jan 7 2010
The Department of Veteran Affairs has awarded SunWize Commercial Power Systems with solar power contracts of more than $7.8 million. SunWize Commercial Power Systems is a nationwide commercial installation division of SunWize Technologies. These solar power contracts comprise 10 solar hospital projects that require over 1.1 MW of photovoltaic systems, which are to be installed in various locations throughout the country.
The rooftop and carport systems are available in different capacities starting from under 50kW to more than 400kW. These systems are to be located on VA facilities spreading across the East Coast to the South Pacific, which includes Albany, Buffalo and Syracuse, NY, Cheyenne, WY, Phoenix, AZ, two systems in Sacramento, CA, Vallejo, CA, Honolulu, HI, and Pago Pago, American Samoa. These rooftop and carport systems will make use of highly efficient SANYO 210 watt N-Series modules combined with either Fronius or SatCon inverters. The construction process will start in early 2010.
Sunwize’s recent collaboration with the Department of Veteran Affairs is projected through this award of 10 projects. The largest photovoltaic system, 337 kW was installed on the roof of the VA’s Dallas Medical Center in Texas in February 2009 by SunWize. In the year 2008, SunWize installed a 309 kW system on the Jerry L.Pettis Memorial Medical Center in Loma Linda, CA. These projects have enabled SunWize to get a thorough understanding of designing and constructing PV systems for government agencies and hospitals.
David Kaltsas, executive Vice President at SunWize, remarked that the company continues to prove its successfulness to the Department of Veteran Affairs in completing complex solar electric systems in all locations. SunWize takes it to be an honor to work with the Department of Veteran Affairs on the solar hospital initiative.
Federal Government agencies are ordered to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gas and to increase energy efficiency by either three percent each year or 30 percent by the end of the year 2015. As a result of this, the Department of Veteran Affairs developed a detailed department-wide plan for energy management. Vital facilities of the Department of Veteran Affairs were also surveyed for its potential for renewable energy.
Source: http://sunwize.com/