The rooftop solar project will help bring clean, renewable solar energy to New Bern residents.
The photovoltaic array is expected to be completed in this year, and will produce 1,691,639kWh of electricity per year, enough clean renewable energy to power about 200 homes each year.
ESA will sell the energy generated to Progress Energy, through a power purchase agreement (PPA).
Under the terms of the contract, ESA will build, operate, maintain the system and additionally install its proprietary monitoring system to monitor operation of the array for the 20-year term of the PPA contract with Progress Energy.
Over the next few weeks, ESA will complete the installation of 5,376 Canadian Solar modules, which produce 235W each and will cover 175,122 square feet of rooftop space on the building’s rooftop.
