Wells Fargo, AZ – 6 MW Solar - Solar carports (5.6 MW) and rooftops (370 kW)
Bank of America, AZ – 3.8 MW Solar + EV Chargers Portfolio -
solar carports (2.7 MW), rooftops (1.1 MW), and EV Chargers (7 kW Level 2)
City of Albuquerque, NM – 700 kW Solar + 111 kW ESS Portfolio -
solar carports (640 kW), a rooftop (60 kW), and an ESS System (111 kW/223 kWh
City of Phoenix, AZ - 540 kW Solar - solar carports (540 kW)
City of Boulder, CO – 1.8 MW Solar - solar ground mount (1.8 MW)
Shell Wind Energy, CA - 326 kW Solar - solar ground mount (326 kW)
The Evolving Landscape of Distributed Energy Resources and Energy Storage
Spring 2016
The final project in my "Solar Commercialization" course was a professional report in which I completed the following:
• Defined Distributed Energy Resources (DER's) and Energy storage, and evaluated their benefits.
• Described policies in the USA for DER's and Battery storage, with a particular focus on policies in California, New York, Hawaii, Arizona, and Nevada. Also listed the grid modernization plans and/or SREC programs in Minnesota, Illinois, Massachusetts, North Carolina and the District of Columbia.
• Researched ways to integrate DER's into the electric grid from a TPO perspective (SolarCity) and a utility perspective (Pepco Holdings Inc.).
• Conducted in-depth research on numerous "value of solar" studies. Based on this, DG was analyzed with respect to energy, generating capacity, Transmission and Distribution (T&D), financial implications, social impact, and environmental impact.
Battery Backup PV System
Fall 2015
In my "PV Systems Engineering" course I carried out the entire PV design process and compiled a report along with two others.The tasks performed include the following:
• Design of a micro-inverter based 12 kW battery backup PV system for an apartment complex.
• Evaluation of the space available using Google Earth, and estimation of the system performance using PVWatts. Conduction of a load analysis, and sizing of the battery bank and PV array based on the daily load.
• Enphase micro-inverters, 48V Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries, and 280W poly-crystalline modules were selected.
• Verification of the National Electrical Code (NEC) compliance of the system (% Voltage drop <2%, Wire Ampacity=1.56 Isc.. etc.). Creation of the system layout in AutoCAD.
• Calculation of the bill of materials (BOM) and determination of the LCOE and annual returns.