SunWize’s Chief Commercial Officer, David Kaltsas, will speak at the CleanMed conference on May 1st in Denver, CO. Kaltsas and Kevin Maxson of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs will discuss their views on “Balancing the Energy Budget at VA Hospitals with Solar Installations & Healthcare Strategic Sustainability.”
SunWize’s President & CEO, Scott Tonn, delivered the welcome address at the Sustainable Operations Summit Opening Reception on April 17th at the Empire State Building in NYC. The Summit, attended by more than 380 leading organizations, provided a forum to exchange best practices and case studies on solutions that benefit both the environment and the bottom line with a focus on energy, the built environment and resource conservation. The keynote speaker was President Bill Clinton. David Kaltsas, SunWize Chief Commercial Officer, spoke on a panel at the Summit, “Delivering Successful Applications of Solar”.
SunWize designed a fixed ground mounted PV system for the American Samoa Power Authority consisting of 7,308 Sharp 240-watt modules and AE PowerStation inverters. American Samoa’s location near the equator receives over 1000 watts per square meter at peak hours of the day, an amount that’s ideal for solar. SunWize Project Managers developed a tight schedule and created strategic relationships on the island to ensure materials arrived on the island in time to meet critical project milestones. To combat corrosion, SunWize engineered a custom hot dip galvanized racking system and used epoxy painted inverter enclosures. A footing system was engineered that balances difficult drilling conditions and limited concrete resources while meeting the typhoon wind conditions. SunWize also hired a number of local subcontractors, employing 50 Samoans to assist with a variety of tasks.
The estimated PV System production of 2.6 million kWh/year will offset ASPA’s diesel consumption by more than 175,000 gallons and avoid releasing 3.9 million pounds of CO2 into the atmosphere. The American Samoa Power Authority hopes to obtain more grant funding from the United States Department of Energy to install additional sustainable energy systems in the near future. Read the full press release
Yesterday California 16thDistrict Congresswoman, Zoe Lofgren, hosted a Federal Contracting Opportunities Workshop at the San Jose City Hall.The workshop was well attended by the Silicon Valley small business community; represented were companies from various industries including the software, renewable and telecom industries. A focus of the workshop was selling green to the Government. SunWize Senior Commercial Project Manager, Orion Bashkiroff was invited to sit on the panel at the workshop. He spoke about his experiences contracting with small businesses on large-scale solar power projects completed for the Federal Government and explained how small business can work with SunWize.“I think it is important for small business owners to be made aware of these opportunities so I was delighted to be here today,” said Bashkiroff.
