SolarNet and Stellar Energy Solutions have commissioned a combined 2.8 MW of solar photovoltaic power at four California wineries owned by Foster's Wine Estates – Asti, Etude, Stags' Leap and Beringer. The 1.34 MW array at Beringer is the largest total solar energy system in the U.S. wine industry, and the project overall is one of the largest deployments of PV in California.
Using 12,900 solar modules from Sharp, the four installations combined will produce 3.8 million kWh of electricity per year. Using conventional financing, construction and permanent debt and equity, and federal energy tax credits, Perpetual Energy Systems funded the installation without capital investment from Foster's.
SOURCE: Sharp
