Porter Square Shopping Center: Gravestar, the property owner,
installed solar PV along to the south side of the renovated plaza in 1999.
Zapotec Energy was the owner’s representative for the solar PV.
This 38.8 kW array on the roof of Building 57, the Alumni
Pool at MIT, is one of four arrays on flat roofs at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Solar PV can be located on flat roofs, such as this one on a bank
in Newton Centre, Massachusetts. The equipment was manufactured by Schott Solar of Billerica, MA.
Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor Tim Murray speaking at
the Bank of New York Mellon ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new 76 kW solar PV system, Earth Day 2009.
Solar PV works best when there is a large roof surface facing south.
This two-family home near Neponset Circle in Dorchester has a total of 48
Evergreen Solar modules, each rated at 110 Watts.
If you are considering new construction or an addition,
plan ahead to use the new roof to make electricity. The owner of this
detached garage worked with an architect and Zapotec Energy to make the most productive
use of the south-facing roof. Installation was performed by Lighthouse Electrical.
Solar PV serves an educational purpose in addition to producing
clean electricity. This 7.2-kilowatt system was installed by MIT on its Student
Center in 2003, and is continuously monitored by a Helotronics data acquisition system.
Zapotec served as the PV system contractor for this and two other systems at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in Cambridge.
Think Big: Paul Lyons reviewing the progress of a recent installation
at Newton South High School. Zapotec Energy is the system design consultant to the
architect, DRA Inc. of Newton, MA, for this 52-kW solar PV system on a public high
school, made possible by a grant from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative.
The Bowdoin Apartment Complex in Malden, MA is a 77.8 kW system
commissioned in January of 2007. This solar electric system is divided into 12
arrays on six buildings within the Bowdoin complex.
For each array of the 77.8 kW system at the Bowdoin Apartment
Complex in Malden, MA, we used the new 180-Watt module from Evergreen Solar
of Marlborough, MA.
This 3,960 Watt system on the Tabor Academy Science, Mathematics
& Technology Center in Marion, MA is another example of a solar PV system used
both to produce electricity and as an educational tool.
