SOLON To Build Solar Plant for Arizona Public Service
SOLON Corporation, a crystalline silicon solar module manufacturer that provides turnkey solar plants, has announced a contract with the Arizona Public Service. The Tucson, Arizona based company, will develop, design and build a 18 MW solar power plant for APS. The facility will feature SOLON’s turnkey system, high efficiency modules and single axis trackers.
One the facility is installed it will be one of the largest photovoltaic solar systems in the United States. The new project will create over 550 new local jobs during the construction phase and will ultimately be capable of generating enough solar power to supply over 4,5000 homes. The facility will be located on 145 acres. Construction is slated to start during the first quarter of 2011 and reach completion later in the year. The production facility will be owned and operated by Arizona Public Service.
The project will consist of SOLON’s Velocity MW Solar System that will provide 10 1 MW modular solar fields that are reconfigured. Each solar field is specifically designed to help the utilities quickly scale to capacity. In total, the company will provide APS with 108 SOLON engineered single axis trackers that utilize more than 75,000 industrial, high efficiency solar modules.