The project will consist of a field with solar arrays of more than 600 000 photovoltaic solar panels arranged in rows on single axis tracking foundations for an estimated first year power.
How pcl works in a solar panel.
With solar power clients get a locked in rate of electricity guaranteed for 20 to 30 years.
Solar provides some cost certainty for our clients says andrew moles pcl s director of solar.
The project consisted of grading and removal of minor vegetation as well as the installation of facilities including racking structures solar panels underground cabling inverters and substation components.
The canadian solar 1 solar farm is an 8 5 megawatt mw alternating current ac utility scale ground mount solar farm located in stone mills ontario.
Sunny shores is a 10 mw solar photovoltaic solar pv facility located in picton ontario.
Pcl was enlisted to update the lily lake solar farm in peterborough by replacing the existing 2 5mw solar panels and associated infrastructure.
This means that monthly electricity costs won t fluctuate unlike fossil fuel prices which change depending on supply and demand.
The existing 140 acre facility used ballast and ground screw foundations and opti solar modules which had become outdated.