Satcon Powers Hawaii’s Largest Solar Farm
28 May 2009 - 4:00PM
Business Wire
Satcon (NASDAQ CM: SATC), a leading provider of utility scale
distributed power solutions for the renewable energy market,
announced today that their industry leading PowerGate� Plus
Spectrum micro grid solution has been selected to power La Ola
Hawaii�s largest solar photovoltaic (PV) farm and Micro-Grid on the
island of Lana�i. The 1.2 megawatt (MW) installation sits on a 10
acre site in south Lana�i on the Palawai Basin and is the first
solar photovoltaic power plant to be controlled remotely by a
utility, Maui Electric Company, Ltd. (MECO).
The micro grid developed, coordinated and operated by Lanai
Sustainability Research, LLC, through its managing member, Castle
& Cooke Solar Management, LLC, and designed and built by
California-based SunPower, is expected to produce enough solar
energy to supply up to 30 percent of the island�s electric demand.
The advanced control capabilities and optimized power efficiencies
of Satcon�s Spectrum micro grid solution, combined with SunPower�s
solar tracking system, will increase the energy capture of the farm
by more than 500,000 kilowatt hours (kWh) annually.
�Our goal of helping the state of Hawaii achieve energy
independence has taken a significant step forward with the La Ola
solar farm in Lana�i,� said Harry Saunders, President of Castle
& Cooke Solar Management. �Satcon was the obvious partner
choice for this project as we assembled a team of the industry�s
most innovative minds to pioneer our micro grid solution. The
combination of their deep expertise within solar power conversion,
their experience with successful large scale renewable to grid
interconnection, and their proven PowerGate Plus solutions helped
enable our team to solve the challenges that faced us as we
constructed a stable and reliable island grid built on a solar
energy framework.�
The solar farm builds on the progress of Governor Lingle's
Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative; an unprecedented state partnership
launched in January 2008 with the U.S. Department of Energy which
aims to have 70 percent of Hawaii�s energy needs come from clean
sources by 2030. Satcon�s Spectrum channels renewable power into
the Maui Electric Company grid, resulting in an increase of 14.4
percent of installed electric generating capacity to the island. La
Ola offers an offset equivalent to burning 202,400 gallons of
diesel fuel, thereby avoiding 4.5 million pounds of carbon dioxide
emission annually.
�We are honored to be a part of this best in class team of solar
power innovators who are successfully supplying stable, high
quality renewable power locally, at the point of demand,� said Leo
Casey, Chief Technology Officer of Satcon. �What we have achieved
with MECO and Castle & Cooke is a significant advancement in
solving renewable energy challenges of intermittency and power
storage and will ensure uninterrupted utility-grade renewable
energy to deliver the energy security, reliability, safety,
sustainability and cost effectiveness required for the island.�
�The La Ola, Lanai�s Solar Farm, will offer visibility to
utilities around the world about how to successfully integrate
solar PV power plants into the grid at high penetration levels,�
said Jean Wilson, Vice President and General Manager of Utilities
and Power Plants at SunPower Corp. �Satcon�s inverters provide low
voltage ride-through as well as the production and consumption of
reactive power, both of which are crucial to grid operation in this
application, as the solar farm will provide up to 30 percent of
peak generation on Lana�i. We believe that the solar power plant
solution Castle & Cooke, MECO, Satcon and SunPower jointly
developed will be the foundation for planning rapid growth in
deployment of solar PV power plants around the world.�
About Satcon
Satcon Technology Corporation is a leading provider of utility
scale distributed power solutions for the renewable energy market,
enabling the industry�s most advanced reliable and proven clean
energy alternatives. For over 23 years, Satcon has designed and
delivered the next generation of efficient energy systems for solar
photovoltaic, stationary fuel cells, wind-turbines, and energy
storage systems. To learn more about Satcon, please visit
www.Satcon.com.
About Castle & Cooke
Castle & Cooke Solar Management, LLC is the managing member
of Lanai Sustainability Research, LLC. Castle & Cooke and its
affiliated companies have operations in more than 24 states. The
company�s diversified businesses include the development and
ownership of real estate, leasing of transportation equipment,
manufacture of brick and building materials, and ownership of
public warehouses. The real estate developments of the affiliated
Castle & Cooke companies include master planned communities
such as Mililani Town on the island of O�ahu, Lake Sherwood in
Thousand Oaks, Calif., Seven Oaks in Bakersfield, Calif. and
Keene�s Pointe in Orlando, Fla.
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