Featured Project
Innovative Community Solar Project at the ScienceWorks Museum & The Farm at SOU
Customer: Abbott’s Cottages LLC
Project type: Community Solar
Location: Ashland, OR
System size: 71.1 kW
Stracker models: 6 Stracker S1Bs
PV Modules: 84 LG 400W, 84 LONGi 445W Bifacials
Inverters: 3 Fronius 10kW plus a Solectria 50kW
Annual energy production: 160,000 kWh
Ashland’s ScienceWorks Hands-on Museum is home to the city’s first significant Community Solar installation consisting of six Stracker Model S1Bs.
This installation is the result of collaboration between Stracker Solar, Abbott’s Cottages LLC, ScienceWorks and Southern Oregon University, and utilizes the City’s progressive Virtual Net Metering ordinance. The City of Ashland allows community solar projects like this to be production metered and have the generated power allocated to distant Ashland Electric customers (of owners’ choosing).
ScienceWorks and Southern Oregon University have leased the project site to the investor/owner and are excited for the educational and research opportunities it offers. The installation is bringing Renewable Energy Credits to SOU and will serve as a platform for Agrivoltaics research.
“I chose Strackers for my Ashland community solar project because I wanted the most efficient PV system with the highest energy output per square foot. The impressive appearance and high ground clearance of these dual-axis solar trackers made it much easier to find an installation site for the project, and I am grateful for Southern Oregon University, ScienceWorks and Stracker Solar for making it all happen. Now, 7 vacation rentals, 2 homes and an office are net zero electric thanks to the six Strackers we have installed.”
Brad Roupp – Owner of Abbott’s Cottages