Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southwest awarded Synergy Electric Company, Inc., a small business from Santee, Calif., a $692,307 Recovery Act contract for the replacement of inverters for a 750 kilowatt (kw) solar array at Naval Base Coronado, San Diego June 30.
"NAVFAC is proud to support the president's initiative to enhance America's energy independence," said Jorge E. Pérez, NAVFAC Southwest project manager for the 750 kw inverter replace project.
"This project will restore full renewable power generation capabilities and extend the productive life of the 750 kw solar power generation system beyond the original productive life when built in 2003."
Synergy Electric Company, Inc., will replace three obsolete and unreliable inverters with two new highly efficient, latest-generation inverters. The contractor will also provide new conductors, replace all the components that are not up to today's codes and standards, will provide full system output monitoring capabilities by upgrading the existing data acquisition system, will replace any defective solar modules and will provide a new concrete block enclosure around the new equipment for protection. The new inverters, switches, conductors and associated equipment will provide a high level of maintainability and standardization, ensuring a dependable source of renewable energy to the personnel that work and call Naval Base Coronado home.
"This project will further the effort and help reduce America's carbon footprint by using renewable solar energy and providing electrical power for the Naval Air Station, North Island," said Diane Keltner, president of Synergy Electric Company, Inc.
"The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act contract will replace the existing damaged inverters with newer and safer inverter technology and maximize the solar DC (direct current) to AC (alternating current) efficiency. As a woman business enterprise, we are honored to participate in this project. The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act will require all Americans to come together and work together to rebuild our great nation. Our company motto has always been, "Working Together."
Work will be performed in San Diego and is expected to be completed by June 2010.
Mario Icari (NNS)
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