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Solar News
For Immediate Release
Date: 1/1/2008
PV Solar Planet Becomes an EnergyPeak Solar Standing Seam Roofing Provider
(Denver, Colorado) PV Solar Planet announces the release of the Sunseeker 68/136, a new Building-Integrated Solar Electric Generator. This new product uses EnergyPeak technology and standards to create a best-of-breed solar roofing product that is affordable and suitable for virtually any roofing project, both new and retrofit.
The foundation of PV Solar Planet’s impressive energy generating capability is United Solar Ovonic’s UNI-SOLAR® state-of-the-art thin-film solar laminate, a lightweight and highly flexible material that integrates onto the surface of PV Solar Planet’s Sunseeker standing-seam metal roofing panels. When exposed to sunlight, these solar laminates produce electricity, even in high temperatures and cloudy environments. Electricity generated by the laminates is fed back through the electrical meter into the power grid.
This enhanced efficiency of the Sunseeker 68/136 Solar Electric Generator, combined with ever increasing government incentives, tax rebates and renewable energy credits, promises lower initial cost and impressive returns on investment (ROI). PV Solar Planet’s Sunseeker 68/136 Building-Integrated Solar Electric Generator comes with a 20-year warranty.
EnergyPeak is an organization founded in 2007 through CENTRIA Services Group to standardize and integrate, on behalf of the standing seam roofing industry, best-of-breed solar technology with standing seam metal roofing.
“As an EnergyPeak provider, PV Solar Planet demonstrates commitment to not only offering the latest in sustainable technology, but also to the environment we live in,” explains Rick Mowery, President, CENTRIA Services Group. “With the rise in energy costs and environmental concern, we sensed a need for quality, affordable solar options that fit well with proven standing seam platform. EnergyPeak will help us accomplish this.”
“We are please to welcome a quality standing seam manufacturer such as PV Solar Planet as a new EnergyPeak provider,” says Mowery. “By providing the architectural and owner community with EnergyPeak technology, in combination with their reputable products, PV Solar Planet has shown its commitment to renewable energy.”
5/24/2008
For Immediate Release
Contact: Mark Wanczak, LarsonO’Brien ADV/PR, EnergyPeak™
Date: May 19, 2008
EnergyPeak™ Solar Roofing System Generates Overwhelming Interest at AIA 2008
Moon Township, PA… EnergyPeak’s building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) solar roofing system impressed architects at the 2008 American Institute of Architects (AIA) National Convention and Design Exposition. Hundreds of architects visited EnergyPeak’s booth to learn more about BIPV’s seamless integration into standing seam metal roofing.
In addition to sampling the UNI-SOLAR® photovoltaic laminates employed by the EnergyPeak system, architects explored technical details such as cost, efficiency and power output. Architects also learned about the numerous standing seam roofing manufacturers who now offer the EnergyPeak system.
Through these manufacturers, architects can request a customized return-on-investment analysis detailing a number of key factors when deciding on a solar energy system. These factors include key project data, such as roof slope, azimuth and degrees relative to south, as well as an up-to-date list of incentives available from governments at all levels..
To obtain a customized ROI request, contact PV Solar Planet
Xcel seeking NREL's advice on huge solar power project
State regulators will review $500 million proposal next month
Gargi Chakrabarty
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Xcel Energy is seeking advice from scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden for its proposed solar plant.
The 200-megawatt project - Colorado's biggest - would employ "concentrating solar power" technology and cost up to $500 million, said Richard Kelly, Xcel's chairman and chief executive officer.
"We have asked NREL to help us figure out what's the best CSP technology," Kelly said Wednesday on the sidelines of the utility's annual shareholder meeting in Denver.
Xcel ideally would like to own the plant, Kelly said, but would consider a partnership with a suitable and interested company.
"If we keep buying power, it's put down as debt," Kelly said, adding such debt weakens the balance sheet. "We want to grow as a utility."
State regulators will review the project along with the rest of Xcel's long-term resource plan June 23 through July 11. If approved, Xcel would seek bids from companies and then decide how or with whom to build the plant. The project is scheduled to go online in 2015.
The technology Xcel is considering is not new, said Chuck Kutscher, manager of thermal systems group at NREL. For example, it has been used in California's Mojave Desert to produce 354 megawatts of electricity for nearly two decades.
Today, electricity generated by CSP plants could cost, on average, 14 cents per kilowatt/hour, compared with 10 to 12 cents per Kwh by natural gas plants. Electricity from solar photovoltaic panels would be slightly higher at 18 to 20 cents per Kwh.
"The big advantage of CSP is that utilities can, at a relatively small cost, incorporate thermal storage," Kutscher said.
Having such storage allows the solar plant to keep producing electricity even after the sun sets. Arizona Public Service Co. announced a 280-megawatt CSP project earlier this year which would store heat up to six hours, serving 70,000 customers. Nationwide, CSP projects totaling 4,000 megawatts are on the books.
Utility's power plant proposal
* What: Xcel proposes a 200-megawatt utility-scale solar plant
* Where: Colorado
* Investment: $300 million to $500 million
* When: Online by 2015*
* Technology: Concentrating solar power, which uses reflective mirrors to focus sunlight in order to achieve high temperatures needed to run a heat-engine, could change water into steam. The steam could be used in a turbine to produce electricity.
Solar and renewable energy technologies are in the news almost every day. Check back often for recent news updates and headlines!
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