REC Solar—a San Luis Obispo, CA solar company—has announced that it will provide the means to renewable energy at Veterans Affairs hospitals in Arizona and two other states.
VA hospitals in Phoenix and Tucson will join facilities in California and Nevada as REC installs about 1.7 megawatts of solar panels on the roofs. That is enough electricity to power about 3,600 homes.
The REC/VA projects will result in about 60 jobs in the three states, but if successful, could be the beginning of a trend—similar to cell phone towers—where solar panels are placed on the expansive roofs of local facilities in order to serve people in those areas and create many more job opportunities in the local market. To some, this is a more attractive proposition then creating solar fields of solar panels in rural areas and wiring it into urban areas.
REC Solar expects the work to be done by the end of spring. The system will be the largest for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
For more information contact Jared M. Scarbrough at jscarbrough@holmwright.com or (480) 477-8589.
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