Project Summary:

East Coast Warehouse & Distribution Corp. (ECW) is one of the premier warehousing, storage, refrigeration, and distribution companies in the US.. TurtleEnergy designed and supervised the (PV) system installation. AET acted as Project Developer. Forest Electric was both General Contractor and Electrical Contractor.

The ECW is a 350k sq ft facility, with approximately half devoted to refrigerated space requiring large amounts of energy. ECW's owners wanted the maximum possible load handled by Solar energy. The roof of the warehouse is nearly all a flat standing seam metal roof. TE's engineers proposed that it was ideal for Uni-Solar's PVL series of flexible modules. The only roof prep required was power washing to TE's specification before the modules were adhered to the entire roof. From the start of the ECW project, TE's designers determined optimal opportunities to generate electricity, transforming an unused space into a self-generating stream of revenue.

The PV system at ECW is currently the world's largest metal roof- integrated solar array and TE's largest project to date (700kW). The system performs beyond the projected target. ECW are so pleased with the outcome, they've requested another system on their second warehouse.

TurtleEnergy continues to ensure that the system is performing at its optimal level long after installation. This is achieved by using Fat Spaniels remote energy monitoring system, and is checked on a daily basis at TurtleEnergy's headquarters as part of our full service commitment.