21 Jan 2009
US National integrator, ThinkSolar, in cooperation with solar contractor Pacific Solar Energy, has completed one of California’s largest commercial roof-mounted photovoltaic (PV) systems. The 650 kW turnkey solar array for Lithographix is the first commercial array in the City of Hawthorne.
The rooftop installation at Lithographix’s 250,000 square foot facility near Los Angeles International Airport, features Schott ASE300 solar panels, selected for their durability and double glass encapsulation, Solectria inverters and a custom-designed UniRac ballast racking system. The array, commissioned on December 15th , is already performing up to standard and is expected to offset Lithographix’s energy demand by 30 %.
The array is the largest deployment of solar power of any U.S. commercial printer. ThinkSolar is a wholesale product distributor and project integrator based in Oakland, California. As a subsidiary of SolarMarkt AG, founded in Freiburg, Germany in 1985, ThinkSolar provides wholesale solar products, engineering expertise, market analysis and large-scale project management.
– from solarfeeds