Client

  • SECO Tools, Inc. logo

    29.61 kW grid-tie solar photovoltaic system Project: SECO Tools Top of Pole Project Owner: SECO Tools, Inc. Project Designer/Installer: Efficient Energy of Tennessee, LLC, Powell, TN Solar Panels: 126 Sharp NU-235F1 Panels Inverters: 1 PV-Powered 30 kW inverter Mounting: DP&W Solar top of pole mount racking system System Commissioned: January 24, 2011

    Case Study

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    SECO 29.61 kW grid-tie solar photovoltaic system

    • The Challenge

      Project: SECO Tools Top of Pole
      Project Owner: SECO Tools, Inc.
      Project Designer/Installer: Efficient Energy of Tennessee, LLC, Powell, TN
      Solar Panels: 126 Sharp NU-235F1 Panels
      Inverters: 1 PV-Powered 30 kW inverter
      Mounting: DP&W Solar top of pole mount racking system
      System Commissioned: January 24, 2011

    • The Solution

      Grant Information and incentives
      Recipient of Tennessee Solar Institute Solar Installation Grant $59,220.
      U.S. Department of Treasury Renewable Energy Grants $59,061.
      TVA Generation Partners Program. $1,000. Will generate approximately $7,969 annual revenue.

    • The Results

      Power Production 37,067 kwh annually
      Enough electricity for 3.36 average homes * (http://www.eia.doe.gov/ask/electricity_faqs.asp)

      Carbon Offset
      27.801 CO2 Annually • 139 trees to offset • 49,200 miles from an average/medium car

      Utility
      Lenoir City Utilities Board, M. Shannon Littleton. General Manager, 200 Depot Street Lenoir City, TN 37771

      Reference
      James E. Purdy, Manager Standard Production
      SECO Tools, Inc.
      (865) 986-6513
      4700 Industrial Park Drive
      Lenoir City, TN 37771
      epurdy@secotools.com

      Links
      System Owner: www.secotools.com
      Solar PV installer: www.eetenn.com
      Solar Advocates: www.gosolar.ning.com
      TVA Generation Partners:
      http://www.tva.gov/greenpowerswitch/partners/index.htm
      Federal Grant (Energy):
      http://www.treasury.gov/initiatives/recovery/Pages/recovery-act.aspx
      USDA REAP grant:
      http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/BCP_ReapEaReda.html
      Tennessee Solar Institute solar installation grant:
      http://solar.tennessee.edu
      $62.5 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 funding received by the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development.

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