Satcon Technology recently supplied Arizona Western College with 5MW of its PowerGate Plus and Solstice inverter solutions for a distributed solar installation on the college campus. The solar project is intended to be a research and testing site for government and corporate solar applications and uses various PV technology including monocrystalline, polycrystalline, low-concentration, high-concentration and thin-film.
The Yuma, Arizona solar installation is anticipated to be completed and operational by October. The project is intended to supply 10,500,000kWh of electricity per year.