On February 2nd, 2012, Siemens Industry Inc. (Alpharetta, Georgia, U.S.) announced that its building technologies division will install a 4.5 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) system at the White Sands Missile Range center.

The solar PV system will provide the Army with about 10,000 solar renewable energy credits annually as well as qualify it for a 30% federal cash grant in excess of USD 4.8 million.


PV array system to partially offset White Sands Missile Range's energy requirements

The PV system will help White Sands Missile Range achieve 10.8% renewable energy by the end of 2012, up from .5% and beating the 2013 government mandate by more than three percentage points, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

"This project implements a solar photovoltaic array system that will partially offset White Sands Missile Range's energy requirements, improve facilities and operations, demonstrate Army engineering and technology capabilities and align with the Army's Energy Security and NetZero objectives," Siemens Government Technologies President and CEO Judy Marks said.

The solar project supports President Barack Obama's directive that federal agencies use energy savings performance contract to make USD 2 billion worth of energy efficiency upgrades over the next two years, as well as supporting the Army's renewable energy goals.

2012-02-07| Courtesy: Siemens | solarserver.com © Heindl Server GmbH

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