Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Roof Contractor and Design: Solar Roofing


Roof Contractor and Design: Solar Roofing

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced today the start-up of a 588,000 Watt, roof-mounted photovoltaic solar power system at its Alcoa Building and Construction Systems' Kawneer manufacturing facility in Visalia, California. The project serves to demonstrate the environmental and financial merits of harnessing energy from the sun to generate electricity on an industrial scale.

Alcoa partnered on the project with DEERS, a global solar power project developer and owner of the DEERS Solution, the patent pending solar roof top attachment system, and Constellation Energy Projects & Services (CEPS), which constructed and will own and operate the solar system. Alcoa agreed to host the new solar power system and purchase the electricity generated.

"This solar power project increases California's supply of clean and reliable renewable energy," said David Schlendorf, president, Alcoa Building and Construction Systems. "Alcoa is committed to implementing sustainable energy solutions and is dedicated to pursuing alternative energy supply options that benefit our key stakeholders - including our employees, communities, customers and suppliers."

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