Public Sector

 

From the bipartisan Climate Mayors network to the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ 2017 bipartisan resolution pledging support for cities to pursue 100% renewable energy, the public sector has stepped into a leadership role when it comes to climate action.

Local, state, and federal government agencies—not to mention K-12 schools, colleges, and universities—are increasingly going solar to meet their renewable energy, sustainability, and climate targets. We’re ready to power a cleaner grid together with you.

And we understand the nuances and responsibility of going solar on behalf of taxpayers, where fiscal prudence is critically important and solar’s cost-competitiveness shines.

By late 2014, more than 3,700 K-12 schools representing nearly 2.7 million students had solar installations, and that number continues to grow.

Meanwhile, sustainability and renewable energy initiatives on college and university campuses has exploded. And we know that whether at K-12 school systems or colleges and universities, solar can mean much more than “just” clean, renewable energy and electricity cost savings. It’s an investment in the future, and we take that investment seriously.

Public Sector Partners

  • Bay Area Rapid Transit (San Francisco)
  • California State Prisons
  • Camden County (New Jersey)
  • City of Fair Haven Massachusetts
  • City of San Diego
  • Denver Federal Center
  • E-470 Public Highway Authority (Colorado)
  • Government Services Administration
  • Las Gallinas Valley Sanitary District
  • Lincoln Electric Systems
  • Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC)
  • Northern Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Association
  • Oakland International Airport
  • Otay Mesa Water Treatment Plant
  • San Francisco International Airport
  • State University of New York
  • Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Association
  • United States Air Force
  • United States Department of Defense
  • United States Marine Corps Air Ground Combat
  • United States Navy
  • United States Veterans Administration
  • University of Virginia

Projects

Gulf Coast Solar Center III - NAS Pensacola's NOLF Saufley

  • Bellview, FL
  • 50 MWac
  • Gulf Power

Coronal Energy partnered with Gulf Power, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Navy to build 120 MWac of solar PV across three sites in Northwest Florida, providing clean and resilient power to ~18,000 homes.

Gulf Coast Solar Center II - NAS Whiting Field's NOLF Holley

  • Navarre, FL
  • 40 MWac
  • Gulf Power

Coronal Energy partnered with Gulf Power, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Navy to build 120 MWac of solar PV across three sites in Northwest Florida, providing clean and resilient power to ~18,000 homes.

Gulf Coast Solar Center I - Eglin AFB Reservation

  • Valparaiso, FL
  • 30 MWac
  • Gulf Power

Coronal Energy partnered with Gulf Power, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Navy to build 120 MWac of solar PV across three sites in Northwest Florida, providing clean and resilient power to ~18,000 homes.

Town of Breckenridge, Colorado

  • Breckenridge, CO
  • 650 kW

This project, consisting of seven separate solar arrays, was financed using a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with the town. Electricity generation for the first full year of service is projected at 622,000 kWh.

E-470 Public Highway Authority

  • CO
  • 707 kW

Distributed across 22 separate Authority facilities, this 707 kW project was financed using a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with the Authority. Electricity generation for the first full year of service is projected at 1,013,500 kWh.

Camden Solar Center

  • Camden, NJ
  • 1.8 MWac
  • Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority

The Camden Solar Center is a 1.8 MWac solar project comprised of more than 7,200 solar panels spanning seven acres of open water tanks at a wastewater treatment facility. The project was commissioned in 2012 and sells power to the Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority.

Eastern Long Island Solar Project

  • Suffolk County, NY
  • 12.8 MW
  • Long Island Power Authority (LIPA)

The Eastern Long Island Solar Project (ELISP) is the largest combined carport installation in the state of New York with over 21 acres of solar panels installed across six different sites. The combined 12.8 MW photovoltaic system feeds power directly to local electric utility, the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA). We worked with a multidisciplinary team of engineering firms, contractors, and project stakeholders to meet various local and regional codes and standards.

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)

  • Richmond, CA
  • 160 kW

This solar rooftop system is on top of the BART maintenance shop building in Richmond. The system is completely ballasted and did not penetrate the rooftop's membrane, which was a strict requirement from the client.

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)

  • Hayward, CA
  • 255 kW

This rooftop solar system is mounted on top of the BART maintenance shop in Hayward. The building roofs were at different heights, with the center portion of the roof being about 10' higher than either side, so shading influenced the final array layout.

Otay Mesa Water Treatment Plan

  • San Diego, CA
  • 944 kW

This unique facility for the City of San Diego includes a ground-mounted array as well as arrays built upon two storage tanks. This deployment for the City of San Diego is part of the city's plan to deploy 5 MW of solar capacity.

Las Gallinas Valley Sanitary District

  • Marin County, CA
  • 600 kW

At time of completion this facility offset 90% of the District's power needs. Engineering challenges included sensitive wetlands area, as well as developing a foundation solution for the 2-acres of bay mud.

Denver Federal Center Solar Park

  • Denver, CO
  • 1.2 MW

This solar energy project reduced the Federal Government Service Administration's energy consumption by more than 1,600 MWh per year; this is equivalent to powering 145 homes in Colorado.

California State Prisons

  • Blythe CA
  • 4 MW Aggregate

These two projects—Chuckawalla Valley and Ironwood—were part of the California Department of General Services distributed generation initiative. These solar arrays are separated by some distance, but connect into the same electrical distribution feeder.