ARRA Financing Program – AlabamaSAVES Award Number: DE- EE-0004122 CX(s) Applied: B5.16 Weatherization & Intergovernmental Programs Office Date: 10/28/2015 Location(s): AL Office(s): Golden Field Office
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October 28, 2015
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ARRA Financing Program – AlabamaSAVES
Award Number: DE- EE-0004122
CX(s) Applied: B5.16
Weatherization & Intergovernmental Programs Office
Date: 10/28/2015
Location(s): AL
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide funding to the state of Alabama for their financing program, AlabamaSAVES. With these funds, PJ Kraft Solar Enterprise would install a 199kW solar photovoltaic (PV) system which would connect to the City of Athens Utility lines already on the property. Ultimately, the electricity generated by the solar installation would be sold to the Athens Utility company.
The proposed project activities include the installation of 28 modules of PV panels and 3 inverters on approximately 1.1 acres of private, vacant land. The proposed site includes an additional 2.1 acres which is managed by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) as a Right-of-Way for an existing transmission line. The PV modules would be supported by pipe columns which would be placed into an 18 inch wide, 4 foot deep augured hole and filled with concrete. The utility company would add an additional power pole with a transformer to connect to the PV system on the property. A below ground 4-inch conduit would connect the PV system to the 480 volt transformer on the new power pole. An interconnection agreement would be in place between Athens Utilities and the Tennessee Valley Authority with PJ Kraft Solar Enterprise. Construction would be completed by the end of December 2015. All required permits would be obtained.