Petaluma City Schools has awarded a contract for 600 kilowatts of solar shade structures and carports to PCI Solar, which will provide shade and clean power for children and staff at nine area schools.

 

The award was made through a competitive RFP process led by TerraVerde Renewable Partners and will be funded through school bonds.  PCI Solar will build the projects in stages, starting this July and completing in September, in order to accommodate academic schedules. The systems incorporate Trina Solar panels and Solectria inverters, which convert the power generated by the panels from DC to AC power.  Construction of the systems, which will be overseen by PCI Solar project managers, will employ local labor and consultants.   The Petaluma projects are another northern California project for PCI Solar, which recently completed construction of a 2.5 megawatt portfolio of solar projects for the City of Woodland, CA. 

 

The projects are the latest in PCI Solar's expanding schools and local governments portfolio,  including a similarly sized project for Austin Independent School District in Austin, Texas.  The company is also continuing work on a 1 megawatt portfolio of solar projects for Alamo Heights Independent School District in San Antonio, Texas. 

 

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