SolFocus in Australia airport solar project (Silicon Valley)
Solar arrays from SolFocus Inc. will be part of a 235 kilowatt power station at Alice Springs Airport in Australia, the company announced.
Mountain View-based SolFocus is partnering with Australian developer Ingenero Pty Ltd in the project, which will deliver approximately 600 megawatt hours of electricity directly to the airport’s internal electricity grid -- about 28 percent of the airport’s electricity demand and equivalent to the power used in about 70 homes in Alice Springs.
The airport will be powered by 28 SolFocus 1100S concentrator photovoltaic arrays.
Under the Australian government's $94 million Solar Cities program, the project will receive $1.132 million from the Australian government; approximately half of the total project cost.
Read the full post in the Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal.
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