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SECONEWS SECO Energy’s The array was built to offset the Engineering department utility-supplied power that is required recently embarked on to serve the load in the substation’s a solar and battery switchgear enclosure. You can see the solar energy storage pilot array from the road, but the energy storage project. If you travel batteries are housed in a cabinet outside of the County Road 470 substation switchgear. near our Sumterville 460014 headquarters, you may Solar systems – whether installed residentially or have noticed the new commercially – produce energy from the sun in the 6,000-watt solar array installed form of direct current (DC). Inverters are installed just outside the fence on on each solar panel to convert the southeast corner of our the DC power produced by the THE GOAL OF THE Sumterville substation. panels to alternating current
PROJECT IS TO LEARN (AC) that is usable in homes The goal of the project is to and businesses. MORE ABOUT SOLAR learn more about solar arrays, battery storage and how ARRAYS, BATTERY The solar panels will produce battery-stored energy feeds an anticipated average of 25 STORAGE AND HOW back into our system. This kilowatt-hours (kWh) per day BATTERY-STORED knowledge will also prepare or approximately 750 kWh SECO employees assisting ENERGY FEEDS BACK per month. Each panel is members who are interested connected to a micro-inverter INTO OUR SYSTEM. in solar and battery storage that maximizes efficiency by investments at their homes or businesses. converting DC to AC power at the panel. The battery storage is configured for charge by the 146401 We contracted with local solar array vendor solar system. Solar Trek to construct the 6,000-watt groundmounted solar array Continued on page 3 and battery storage INSIDE THIS ISSUE system. The • SECO Champion panels are positioned • Area Light to face south • Farmer’s Almanac for maximum sun exposure. • Energy Estimator • Florida Fauna & Flora FEBRUARY 2020 | SECO NEWS
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