Redstone Arsenal Senior Commander Lt. Gen. Ed Daly hosted Army energy leaders at a ribbon cutting ceremony Friday, unveiling a premier solar energy complex in the southeastern section of the installation that will save about $80,000 a year in utility costs.
More than 60 people attended the Redstone Arsenal Solar and Battery Project ribbon cutting ceremony Friday marking full operation of the renewable energy project and battery storage system that generates on-site, fuel-free power for use on the installation and its tenants.
The new 114-acre, renewable solar energy complex, located on Magazine Road, generates about 10 megawatt, alternating current, on-site solar renewable energy.
The project was developed by the Garrison’s Directorate of Public Works, the Army Office of Energy Initiatives and the Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville’s Energy Division and the contract was awarded to SunPower Corporation, of San Jose, California, in 2016. SunPower designed, built and will operate and maintain the system that brings energy diversity and cost avoidance to Redstone Arsenal.
Redstone Arsenal purchases the electricity produced by the project at a rate less than current and projected utility cost, and is expected to save about $80,000 per year, or $1.5 million over the term of the Power Purchase Agreement.
Huntsville Center’s Power Purchase Agreement Program develops and provides life cycle project management for large (10 megawatts or greater) and small scale (less than 10 megawatts) renewable energy projects that leverage private sector (third party) financing.
Daly said the project is a tremendous step forward in support of Army readiness as well as energy resiliency.
“Redstone Arsenal is at the forefront of Army transformation, leveraging science and technology to produce new capabilities in support of the nation’s objectives,” Daly said.
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