EI Solutions, the systems integration arm of Energy Innovations, Inc., has been awarded the contract to develop the Pacific Northwest’s largest solar-powered generating facility for Puget Sound Energy, subsidiary of Puget Energy (NYSE:PSE).
The 500-kilowatt solar-powered generating facility will roughly double Washington State’s solar output and will be located alongside the utility’s Wild Horse wind-power facility in central Washington. The facility will be four times larger than any existing solar facility in the Northwest and will be the first commercial installation to use solar panels manufactured in Washington State.
“Puget Sound Energy’s leadership in renewable energy is a great example for utilities across the country,” said Andrew Beebe, president of EI Solutions. “By integrating solar into its already substantial wind development, PSE has shown the value of a portfolio approach to providing clean, renewable sources of energy to its customers.”
The $3.7 million Wild Horse solar project will have more than 2,500 photovoltaic solar panels, mounted in two separate locations across five acres. EI Solutions is expected to begin construction of the solar project in June, with final completion expected before year’s end. The solar facility’s designed output will serve the equivalent energy needs of about 300 households.
EI Solutions is one of California’s fastest-growing providers of commercial and utility-scale solar power systems. The company has completed projects for a wide variety of public agencies and private companies and is nearing completion of the largest solar installation on a US corporate campus, a 1.6 megawatt system on Google’s Mountain View headquarters.
Parent company Energy Innovations, an Idealab company, is building the world’s first rooftop tracking solar concentrator, designed to drive down the long-term cost of solar energy below the price of utility-supplied electricity.
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