Pacific Power Management, LLC, announced on August 12, 2008 that they have
completed the design and installation of a 500 kilowatt DC solar electric system for Universal Forest Products (UFP) in Thornton, California. The $4.4 million project, which qualified for a $1.1 million solar rebate from Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
The state-of-the-art system is comprised of 3,311 Mitsubishi Electric 180-watt modules and one SatCon 500kW inverter. The system performance will be monitored by Pacific Power Management’s proprietary SolarWatch(TM) with a display monitor for real-time production measurement.
