Efficient Energy Of Tennessee

Case Study

• The Challenge

  Project: SECO Tools Top of Pole
  Project Owner: SECO Tools, Inc.
  Project Designer/Installer: Efficient Energy of Tennessee, LLC, Powell, TN
  Solar Panels: 126 Sharp NU-235F1 Panels
  Inverters: 1 PV-Powered 30 kW inverter
  Mounting: DP&W Solar top of pole mount racking system
  System Commissioned: January 24, 2011

• The Solution

  Grant Information and incentives
  Recipient of Tennessee Solar Institute Solar Installation Grant $59,220.
  U.S. Department of Treasury Renewable Energy Grants $59,061.
  TVA Generation Partners Program. $1,000. Will generate approximately $7,969 annual revenue.

• The Results

  Power Production 37,067 kwh annually
  Enough electricity for 3.36 average homes * (http://www.eia.doe.gov/ask/electricity_faqs.asp)
  
  Carbon Offset
  27.801 CO2 Annually • 139 trees to offset • 49,200 miles from an average/medium car
  
  Utility
  Lenoir City Utilities Board, M. Shannon Littleton. General Manager, 200 Depot Street Lenoir City, TN 37771
  
  Reference
  James E. Purdy, Manager Standard Production
  SECO Tools, Inc.
  (865) 986-6513
  4700 Industrial Park Drive
  Lenoir City, TN 37771
  epurdy@secotools.com
  
  Links
  System Owner: www.secotools.com
  Solar PV installer: www.eetenn.com
  Solar Advocates: www.gosolar.ning.com
  TVA Generation Partners:
  http://www.tva.gov/greenpowerswitch/partners/index.htm
  Federal Grant (Energy):
  http://www.treasury.gov/initiatives/recovery/Pages/recovery-act.aspx
  USDA REAP grant:
  http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/BCP_ReapEaReda.html
  Tennessee Solar Institute solar installation grant:
  http://solar.tennessee.edu
  $62.5 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 funding received by the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development.
  
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