juwi solar Completes Largest Solar Project in Ohio

June 15, 2010 – Vol.15 No.13

juwi solar Completes Largest Solar Project in Ohio.

juwi solar Inc. (JSI), a Colorado-based solar power company, today announced the completion of the Wyandot Solar project. Located in Wyandot County, Ohio, Wyandot Solar is a 12-megawatt (DC) solar project and is the largest solar energy generation facility in operation in the State of Ohio.

JSI developed the project and performed all turnkey engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for the project.

During the course of construction, approximately 95% of the labor consisted of workers residing in the State of Ohio, many of whom gained valuable instruction from JSI and their first hands-on experience helping build a utility-scale solar project.

The project officially began generating renewable solar power on a commercial basis on May 26, 2010 for Columbus Southern Power and Ohio Power Company, operating companies of American Electric Power (AEP). AEP will buy all of the project’s output from PSEG Solar Source, the project’s owner, through a 20-year power purchase agreement. AEP will also receive all renewable energy credits from the project.

PSEG Solar Source is a subsidiary of PSEG, a Newark, New Jersey, based diversified energy company. PSEG acquired the ownership rights to the project from JSI in September 2009. JSI will operate and maintain the project during its initial years of operation.

juwi solar, of Boulder, Colorado, is a developer and turnkey contractor of solar power plants throughout North America. juwi solar’s main focus is the development, construction and operation of power plants 1 megawatt or larger. juwi has installed more than 1,200 PV systems, with a total capacity in excess of 400 megawatts. (6/15/10)

Links:

juwi solar
http://www.juwisolar.com

--- juwi solar: 27 MW PV Solar Under Construction in US.

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