Solectria – A Yaskawa Company, a U.S. PV inverter manufacturer, announced at Intersolar North America today that it is delivering 32.5MW of its PVI 20TL and PVI 28TL three-phase transformerless inverters to Safari Energy for a nationwide rollout of PV projects for several large national landlords.
Safari Energy, a nationwide solar developer, selected a distributed method for these PV systems for many reasons, including reduced upfront and long-term costs and increased energy production. The redundancy provided by multiple inverters will preserve system uptime and protect profits.
“Safari Energy is a leader in solar development for large commercial real estate owners and national real estate investment trusts (REITs), so we hold our suppliers to an extremely high standard,” said Matt Rudey, CEO of Safari Energy. He continued, “We elected to deploy Solectria inverters across this high-profile portfolio because of their inverters’ performance and the overall value and bankability their company offers. We look forward to partnering with Solectria in the future.”
Phil Vyhanek, President of Solectria – A Yaskawa Company, added: “In today’s landscape, we know that our customers hold their inverter partners to a high standard in order to achieve maximum payback on their PV investments. Solectria meets these demands by offering customers proven solutions across our product portfolio. Our three-phase string inverters are a natural fit for Safari Energy’s projects and we appreciate their trust and commitment to Solectria.”
Each mall included in this portfolio will be commissioned by the end of 2015. Together, they are anticipated to generate over 1 billion kWh, enough to power almost 100,000 residential homes.
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