Hundreds of Oregonians are generating electricity
with the sun.
During the first year of the Solar Program, the Energy
Trust provided $1.4 million in incentives for 126 projects.
Here are a few examples of those the Energy Trust has
helped:
The natural snack food company
installed a 114-kilowatt photovoltaic system at
its Salem manufacturing facility. The roof-mounted
system will produce approximately 120,000 kilowatt
hours (kWh) of electricity each year, enough electricity
to power 10 to 15 homes. The Energy Trust Solar Trade Ally was Advanced
Energy Systems, the system
began operating in September 2003.
Energy Trust paid a portion of the above-market cost
of installing 1,536-square feet of solar panels
on the south face of a 10-story, mixed-use building
in Portland's Pearl District and 139 square feet
of panels on the roof. The 22.4-kilowatt system
is expected to produce .0018 average megawatts.
The Energy Trust Solar Trade Ally was Dynalectric Company, the project was
completed in late 2002.
A 3.9-kilowatt solar photovoltaic system supplies electricity
to a community laundry building at Calapooia Crossing,
a low- and moderate-income housing development
in southwest Oregon. The
Energy Trust Solar Trade Ally was Energy Service Company, the project was completed
in spring 2003.
In May 2003, David Baasch “powered up” a 3-kilowatt photovoltaic
array on his roof. He expects the system to produce
approximately 3,000 kilowatt hours each year – about
one quarter of the electricity he uses in his home.
The Energy Trust Solar
Trade Ally was Mr.
Sun Solar.
Photo Top: Pepsi Cola of Klamath Falls installed one of the largest solar electric systems in Oregon - 172 kilowatts at three locations - that will generate all of the energy the facilities will use over the course of a year.
