Solar Powerto install photovoltaic solar system at affordable housing development in California

Solar Power, Inc. has designed and installed systems for major affordable housing developers including Community HousingWorks’ Solara development in Poway, California. Solar Power, Inc. has announced that the Company entered into a sub-contract agreement to install a 230 kW DC photovoltaic solar system at San Sevaine Villas, an affordable housing development located in Rancho Cucamonga, California.

The system will provide approximately 374,770 kWh of electricity production annually, offsetting a significant portion of the complex’s common area electricity costs, including two of the complex’s biggest electricity consumers, its large community center and its laundry rooms. The solar system will allow the complex to significantly reduce energy costs, delivering an estimated $52,000 in annual electricity cost savings.

Other developers utilizing Solar Power, Inc.’s system solutions include Interfaith Housing, Wakeland Housing, MacFarlane Costa, BRIDGE Housing, and The Monterey County Housing Authority. The Company was engaged by Wermers Companies, the general contractor for the San Sevaine Villas project, to design and build the solar system incorporated into the complex’s parking shade structure. The two companies have worked together successfully on affordable housing developments in the past.

“We have a successful history of producing solar systems for the affordable housing industry,” said Bradley Ferrell, President of Business Development for Solar Power, Inc. “We look forward to working with the team at Wermers Companies again to help the project owner, Northtown Housing Corporation, deliver a low-cost energy solution to its residents.”

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