California’s Solano County and renewable energy providers supplier ENGIE North America have damaged floor on a $41 million new energy infrastructure improve program as a part of a complete sustainability alliance.
The venture contains 3.4 MW of solar and 4 sustainable microgrids, with 1.9 MW / 7.6 MWh of battery energy storage with microgrid controls. It additionally supplies emergency turbines, county-wide LED lighting retrofits, important HVAC gear replacements, and 54 Level 2 electrical automobile (EV) charging ports at six places.
“The county pays nearly three million a year in utility costs,” says Megan Greve, director of normal providers for the county. “That is for the entire county and not just the project sites. This program with ENGIE will offset about $2 million of that.”
The county will obtain an offset of greater than $60 million in utility payments over 20 years. These energy value financial savings are anticipated to pay for many of the new and upgraded power infrastructure. The energy technology will produce almost 90% of the county’s energy wants on the set up places.
“Solano County currently relies heavily on the power grid, and our rates went up eight percent this year,” provides Greve. “This new program figured in annual increases of 4.5 percent as part of its savings calculations, so the benefits could be even greater than anticipated.”
ENGIE will administer this system, which incorporates set up, upkeep and restricted alternative initiatives.
“ENGIE anticipates a long alliance with Solano County, as our contract includes 20 years of operations and maintenance, with a 20-year savings guarantee provided by our Customer Care team,” states Stefaan Sercu, managing director at ENGIE. “This means that if the new infrastructure’s power generation doesn’t meet certain targets, ENGIE will pay the County back.”
The initiatives embrace installations on the Health and Social Services advanced in Fairfield, the Fairfield Civic Center Library, the Juvenile Detention Center in Fairfield, the Vallejo campus, and the William J. Carroll Government Center in Vacaville.
