New Jersey Scores Nation's Biggest Solar Power Rooftop System

Solar Power Inc. to install a record-breaking 5MW

When it comes to solar energy systems, especially solar photovoltaic, bigger is better, and the biggest one to date is the 5-megawatt rooftop solar system proposed for the top of the White Rose Building in Cateret, New Jersey.

The building is both the corporate headquarters and a food distribution hub for White Rose Foods, the largest independent wholesale food distributor in the New York City metropolitan area.

The system is being built by Solar Power Inc., and will be operated under the joint auspices of NuGen Capital Management, LLC and KDC Solar LLC, with Solar Power Inc. acting as ?service technician? once the plant is up and running.

According to Solar Power Inc. CEO and Chairman Steve Kircher, the installation will be one of the biggest systems of its type in the nation, comprised of almost 11,000 solar PV panels on top of a roof about the size of seven football fields.

In fact, at this writing, it is unarguably the biggest (correct us if we are wrong), closely followed by:

Date	Company	Location	MW
2010	Macy?s Fulfillment Center	Goodyear, AZ	3.50
2010	Glaxo Smith Kline	York, PA	3.00
2010	FedEx	Woodbridge, NJ	2.42
2008	Atlantic City Convention Center	New Jersey	2.36
2008	Toyota	Ontario, CA	2.30
2008	ProLogis	Fontana, CA	2.00
2008	McCormick & Co.	Belcamp, MD	1.80
2009	Orange County Convention Center	OC, CA	1.10
2010	Staples	Hanover, MD	1.01

The New Jersey system will feature Solar Power?s SkyMount�racking system, which was also used on the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Nearly 11,000 solar panels will cover an area about the size of seven American football fields, generating enough electricity to meet all the annual energy needs of White Rose?s regional food distribution activities.

If used in the residential energy marketplace, the system could serve 400 American homes.

Photo Credit: IMCA rooftop array via Flickr CC

Source: http://solar.calfinder.com/blog/news/jersey-biggest-solar-roof/

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