August 4, 2007 – Vol. 12 No.19

US General Services Administration to Build One Megawatt Solar System.

The GSA’s Rocky Mountain Region (Region 8) has awarded SunEdison, of Beltsville, Maryland a $6.9M contract for the design and construction of the solar park at the Denver Federal Center (DFC) in Denver, Colorado. The park will be located on a six-acre site adjacent to 6th Avenue in Lakewood, Colorado.

Construction is expected to start during late summer/early fall of 2007, with electric generation beginning by mid-December 2007.

The system will generate nearly 10 percent of the one square mile campus' peak electric demand.

The project will also help utility company Xcel Energy meet Colorado's Renewable Energy Standard, which requires that large electric utilities generate 20 percent of their power through renewable energy sources by 2020.

SunEdison provides solar-generated energy at or below current retail utility rates to a broad and diverse client base of commercial, municipal and utility customers.

GSA is one of the largest public real estate organizations in the country. The Agency has an inventory of over 347 million square feet of workspace for 1.1 million federal employees in 2,100 American communities. This includes more than 1,800 government-owned buildings. (8/3/07)

Links:

GSA Rocky Mountain Region http://www.gsa.gov/r8

SunEdison http://www.sunedison.com

Xcel Energy http://www.xcelenergy.com

Disclaimer, Forward-Looking or Safe Harbor Statement on original press release: No

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