Crate and Barrel, Romeoville, IL

As a means to provide sustainable renewable energy contributing to a healthier environment, reducing energy generated by fossil fuels, reduction of emissions and lower energy costs, Crate&Barrel has partnered with Solar USA to design and construct a rooftop mounted solar system for their E-Commerce Industrial facility located in Romeoville, Illinois. This ComEd Energy grid connected Distributed Generation system will generate enough electricity to provide approximately 3,614,000-kWp and more than 35% of the facility electrical needs.

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The solar project is sized at 3,029.49-kWp, using 6,732 Tier One Monocrystalline solar panels at 410-W for the ballasted rooftop mounted solar system. The system employs 33 60-kW string inverters appropriately sized to convert the DC energy produced by the solar plant into AC energy. In addition to the solar system, this project will utilize a backup battery storage system to provide stored energy for peak shaving ComEd demand charges.

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Solar USA in a partnership with Crate & Barrel forged a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA)providing $1,097,512 energy savings over the term of the PPA, in addition the solar system will produce approximately 3,400 Solar Renewable Energy Credits (SREC's) annually.

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Solar USA managed all phases of the construction process, including the day-to-day operations, weekly subcontractor, and Owner meetings, site monitoring, quality assurance and control, and scheduling with a 20 Year maintenance agreement.

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The Solar System is the largest solar system in the City of Romeoville. The C&B systems will be commissioned year 2022.