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ECE Rooftop Solar PVs (In Progress)

Project History

  • Solar Panels are all producing power!

    4/12/2019

    Update from Joyce Mast: "All the ECE solar panels except for those to be used for research have been producing power since this morning. Yay! Joyce"

  • Net Metering on campus

    4/2/2019

    For all of our buildings with renewable energy systems, we employ a net metering method.  We deduct the energy supplied by the system from the building load on the campus grid.  So, if ECE uses about 250,000 kwh of electricity per month, and the r
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Description

The new ECE building is designed to include Solar Panels on its roof. The panels will provide about 11% of the building's energy needs.  The infrastructure for connecting these panels to the building electric supply was included in the original design and construction costs for the full building, while the solar panels themselves were funded separately. This specific project is to have a series of photovoltaic solar arrays on the roof of the building with a 300 kW peak power rating, capable of generating an estimated 470 MWh of electricity annually. (This project is distinct and separate from the project to install solar panels on the roof of the North Campus Parking Deck.) The scope of the project is to provide a structure located on the existing roof of the ECE Building which will support 950 solar panels and provide all components to connect them to the building electrical system for a fully operational system

Background

There are 970 modules with a total DC power rating of 272 kW.

Project Team

  • Primary Contact:

    Dennis Craig

    Project Leader:

    Phil Krein

    Team Members:

    • Tim Newman
    • Joyce Mast
    • Greg Larson

Dates

  • Started September 7, 2016
    Started by Dennis Craig and Tim Neumann

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