Spire has built the solar systems at two separate BJ’s Wholesale Club locations in Massachusetts and has begun construction on two additional stores located in New Jersey.
The solar power systems will be located on the big box retail facilities owned by BJ’s in Ledgewood and Flemington, New Jersey; South Attleboro and Leominster, Massachussetts. Electricity will be provided to BJ’s under a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Tioga Energy.
The BJ’s system capacity is 1.6MW, with the largest system made up of over 2,100 PV modules, producing nearly 540,000kWh of electricity each year. This is equivalent to powering over 50 homes.
Spire Solar Systems has served as the engineering, procurement and construction provider by completely designing and commissioning the systems. Solar World US provided modules and installation services were contracted by Spire to KW Management and Gate City Electric.
Roger Little, chairman and CEO of Spire, said: “We are pleased to have been selected by BJ’s and Tioga Energy to provide these cutting edge systems. The US is rapidly becoming the largest market in the world for PVs and we intend to be a significant player.
“The PV systems business also complements our turnkey module line customers by providing them with an outlet for the modules that they produce.”
