Award Number: DE-EE0006996CX(s) Applied: B5.16Weatherization & Intergovernmental ProgramsLocation(s): SCOffice: Golden Field Office
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
January 11, 2017
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Edgefield County SC - Parker Elementary Solar Expansion
Award Number: DE-EE0006996
CX(s) Applied: B5.16
Weatherization & Intergovernmental Programs
Date: 1/4/2017
Location(s): SC
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide funding to the South Carolina Office of Regulatory Staff’s Energy Office to install a 515kW solar system at Parker Elementary in Edgefield, SC.
The proposed project activities include the installation of a 515kW solar photovoltaic (PV) system on just under 2 acres of what is currently vacant land directly adjacent to the Parker Elementary school building just north of downtown Edgefield. Installation of the proposed PV system would necessitate driving helical piles into the ground to support the racking of the panels as well as trenching to the nearest transformer. The planned solar PV system would be metered with power connected directly from the panels to the utility system grid and would be enclosed within a 7-foot-tall fence.