Hawaii military community goes solar

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Construction began in mid-July on one of the largest solar installations in Hawaii, a 4-megawatt installation by SolarCity that will power more than 2,000 military homes in Honolulu. The installation at Hickam Communities, at the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, is expected to produce 5.6 million kilowatt-hours of electricity annually. The installation will be underway for approximately two years, creating about 50 green jobs in the area.

The project will initially target 600 rooftops on building managed by Lend Lease, which is the property management company for Hickam Air Force Base through 2057. Those rooftops will produce enough power for the entire community. Lend Lease and SolarCity negotiated a 20-year power purchase agreement to finance the project, which is part of the Department of Defense’s plan to handle at least 25 percent of its energy requirements with renewable energy sources by 2025.

Eventually, the Hickam site will be the second largest solar-powered community on an Air Force base. The biggest one is at Soaring Heights at the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona.

I’m sensing that a focus by property management companies on outfitting their properties with solar might be a continued focus by the larger installers and management companies like SolarCity.

http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/business-brains/3-noteworthy-solar-installations/17445

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Construction began in mid-July on one of the largest solar installations in Hawaii, a 4-megawatt installation by SolarCity that will power more than 2,000 military homes in Honolulu. The installation at Hickam Communities, at the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, is expected to produce 5.6 million kilowatt-hours of electricity annually. The installation will be underway for approximately two years, creating about 50 green jobs in the area.

The project will initially target 600 rooftops on building managed by Lend Lease, which is the property management company for Hickam Air Force Base through 2057. Those rooftops will produce enough power for the entire community. Lend Lease and SolarCity negotiated a 20-year power purchase agreement to finance the project, which is part of the Department of Defense's plan to handle at least 25 percent of its energy requirements with renewable energy sources by 2025.

Eventually, the Hickam site will be the second largest solar-powered community on an Air Force base. The biggest one is at Soaring Heights at the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona.

I'm sensing that a focus by property management companies on outfitting their properties with solar might be a continued focus by the larger installers and management companies like SolarCity.

http://www.smartplan...allations/17445

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