Canada Aviation Museum to install solar energy system
April 27th, 2010 - 3:26 am ICT by BNO NewsOTTAWA, ONTARIO (BNO NEWS) – The Canada Aviation Museum will be constructing a solar photovoltaic system to provide solar energy, Efinity, a global renewable energy company, announced Monday.
The project will be the first solar energy integration on a museum in Canada, as the 6500 square-meter rooftop area of the museum will soon have a 295 kilowatt solar photovoltaic system installed.
The Canada Aviation Museum building is located in Ottawa, Ontario, housing one of the world’s finest collections of aircraft, and will now also feature 2,051 solar panels that will produce enough energy to meet the needs of approximately 30 homes, in accordance with Ontario’s feed-in tariff program.
The museum will receive lease payments from Enfinity for the use of the rooftop, at the same time benefiting from the production of clean solar energy with predictable power output.
“The Enfinity rooftop lease model provides building owners the opportunity to convert idle rooftop space into a new source of revenue, and to demonstrate environmental leadership with no capital outlay,” said Rafael Dobrzynski, CEO of Enfinity Americas. “At the same time, building owners can take confidence in our local expertise and international knowledge base which ensures the long-term viability of each rooftop solar installation.”
Enfinity specializes in developing and financing renewable energy projects worldwide, and is currently operating in nineteen countries. To date Enfinity has funded and developed over 500 commercial and industrial rooftop solar installations worldwide.
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