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Solar power contractor Grant Electric, 16461 Sherman Way,Van Nuys, CA 91406

Project design criteria The project described here is a 200-kW solar power farm
cogeneration system, which was completed in 2003. The design and estimating pro-
cedures of this project are similar to the two projects already described.
In view of the vast project terrain, this project was constructed by use of relatively
inexpensive, lower-efficiency film technology PV cells that have an estimated effi-
ciency of about 8 percent. Frameless PV panels were secured on 2-in Unistrut chan-
nels, which were mounted on telephone poles that penetrated deep within the desert
sand. The power produced from the solar farm is being used by the local Indian reser-
vation. The project is shown in Figures 5.7 and 5.8.

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Project location Hemet, California

Architect Lehrer Gangi Architects, 239 East Palm Ave., Burbank, CA 91502

Electrical and solar power consultants Vector Delta Design Group, Inc., 2325
Bonita Dr., Glendale CA 91208

Electrical contractor Morrow Meadows, 231 Benton Court, City of Industry, CA
91789

Figure 5.7 Boron solar photovoltaic farm. Photo courtesy of
Grant Electric.