Polar Racking is supplying PRU-ballasted, fixed-tilt racking and a few structural engineering providers for 2 giant photo voltaic installations in Calgary, Alberta: Deerfoot Photo voltaic and Barlow Photo voltaic, 55 MW DC and 37 MW DC respectively. Building is projected to start out in 2022 and would be the largest photo voltaic set up in a significant city heart in Canada.
The 2 tasks can be utilizing 175,000 bifacial photo voltaic panels mounted on Polar’s ballasted, fixed-ground mount, which was the optimum resolution for these websites due to its strong design. The system’s distinctive options can accommodate heavier snow masses and wind circumstances which are typical of the cooler climates of Alberta.
“We’re excited to have giant utilities placing their belief in our providers and racking merchandise,” says Vishal Lala, managing companion at Polar Racking. “At Polar, we ship the best worth to our shoppers. We’re proud to be supplying our racking methods to those large-scale tasks, on in any other case unusable land close to city panorama, including to our quickly rising pipeline in North America.”
The Deerfoot and Barlow installations will make up the most important city photo voltaic undertaking in Canada. In whole, the tasks may have a mixed capability of 92 MW DC or 64 MW AC. These installations are set to generate sufficient clear power to energy greater than 18,000 properties and offset 68,000 tons of carbon emissions every year.
