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Array Technologies Completes Three sites for CREST
Array Technologies, Inc. (ATI) and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company BELECTRIC, Inc. have commissioned three solar power sites totaling 5.7 MW in California.
The projects "“ Navajo Solar, Powhatan Solar and Industry Solar "“ are part of Southern California Edison's (SCE) California Renewable Energy Small Tariff (CREST) feed-in tariff program.
The CREST program aims to grow small-scale sources of energy to support a distributed generation electricity model in the state of California. The projects were faced with a tight timeline, as they needed to be completed before their power purchase agreements (PPA) expired at the end of 2013.
"BELECTRIC is excited to be one of the first companies to successfully complete a SCE CREST project," said BELECTRIC CEO, Dr. Karl Markert. "It was our relationships with SCE, San Bernardino County, and leading solar power companies, like Array Technologies, that greatly assisted us in meeting very tight project schedules."
"We are grateful to have partnered with BELECTRIC on this trio of projects," explained ATI Founder and CEO, Ron Corio. "Working side-by-side on the first successful SCE CREST distributed generation project was a privilege."
In 2012 ATI and BELECTRIC completed a 5 MW solar tracking site in Oregon, just outside of Christmas Valley, which now produces enough energy to power nearly 1,000 homes annually.
