Castillo Engineering and RECON Corp., an EPC and photo voltaic contractor, have partnered on a 15 MW portfolio of 5 group photo voltaic initiatives in Illinois.
A part of the Illinois Shines or Adjustable Block Program, every of the three MW group photo voltaic initiatives will use bifacial photo voltaic modules and FLEXRACK by Qcells photo voltaic trackers, and can every present pollinator-friendly habitats.
The initiatives will start building earlier than the tip of the 12 months. As soon as full, Castillo Engineering and RECON can have collectively accomplished over 60 group photo voltaic initiatives in Illinois totaling over 200 MW.
“We chosen Castillo Engineering for these initiatives as a consequence of their in depth group photo voltaic expertise inside Illinois,” says Scott Walker, president at RECON. “Castillo Engineering additionally provides a streamlined design method as a consequence of their in-house civil and electrical groups, which helps with optimizing designs – from fault present rankings to tools pad design.”
Castillo Engineering’s workforce was in a position to optimize and scale back the price of mid-voltage tools by way of utility fault present insights on all 5 of those initiatives. Voltage drop and wire sizes for direct present circuits have been additionally lowered after assessing the affect of the bifacial modules. Moreover, the agency’s in-house civil engineering workforce was in a position to optimize the entry highway to include present circumstances, lowering allowing time and prices for every of those group photo voltaic initiatives.
