For this project, Pro-Tech installed a 101,660kW direct current PV system designed to offset the energy consumed largely by lighting the premises on a continual 24 hour basis. The system’s SolarWorld Sunmodule SW-230W modules divert about 153,114 cubic pounds of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the atmosphere each year.
Pro-Tech Energy said that it helped the English Creek self storage facility identify and utilize a rebate from the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, as well as the New Jersey Clean Energy Program’s Solar Renewable Energy Credit Pilot Program. An additional grant of 30% came from the Investment Tax Credit enacted in 2008 to encourage the adoption of solar energy and designed to cut the cost of construction.
John Drexinger, COO of Pro-Tech Energy, said: “English Creek now joins the rapidly growing group of self storage owners from New Jersey who are paving the way for greener business practices. This savvy niche of businessmen and women realize they can take their operational costs down significantly by harnessing the power of the sun.”
