Ameresco to install 32 MW of additional photovoltaic panels at US military base

• US cleantech integrator Ameresco Inc (NYSE: AMRC) will set up 32 MW of additional photovoltaic panels at the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JBMDL) in New Jersey as part of the second phase of a USD-140-million (EUR 139.9 m) project.

The company said in a declaration on Thursday it is proceeding an existing collaboration with the military base under which it is providing mission-critical power infrastructure updates. The second-phase project is valued at USD 92 million and includes in a preliminary USD 48 million task order from 2021.

The new job includes the application of extra energy preservation measures (ECMs) focused not just on on-site solar power generation but additionally on energy efficiency, battery storage and also a new microgrid controls system.

Much more particularly, Ameresco will certainly release the abovementioned 32 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels in addition to a 2-MW/4-MWh battery energy storage space system (BESS). Along with back-up generation properties, they will be incorporated right into the new microgrid. The project will also see Ameresco add more than 90,000 LED component retrofits, wireless streetlighting controls and progressed interior illumination controls.

Building and construction work on Phase 2 is planned to begin shortly as well as be settled in very early 2025. The new ECMs are designed to produce more than USD 4.7 million in annual power financial savings for the joint base.