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brighton solar array

Located just north of Denver, the Brighton Solar array is one of the largest PV systems in Colorado that is directly tied to a distribution network. The solar facility entails a total of 7,600 three-hundred watt modules on a fixed-tilt driven-pile racking system utilizing modular inverters.

Samuel Engineering, Inc. (SE) provided all engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services from feasibility through commissioning and setting up O&M services. Managed permitting variances with County and State. SE also designed, modeled and analyzed over two dozen design variations with numerous financial permutations for feasibility and optimal return on investment.

Highlights

  • 1000V system with ETL and UL listed 1000V components.
  • True “floating” array, ungrounded system.
  • Centrally located, distributed system with modular inverters to maximize production with decreased capital cost. Web-based monitoring at the string level.
  • Fast track schedule.
  • Innovative design to maximize array size on an odd shaped site with minimal increase in installation cost. Varied tilt angle and inter-row spacing based on site topography in order to balance shading losses with maximized use of the land and optimal PPA revenue.
  • Twenty-year PPA with United Power, an electrical utility cooperative.
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