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Solar Testing and Learning Center
French Gerleman has one of the area's largest and most complex solar arrays designed to test and demonstrate a wide variety of components and technologies while offering customers an educational environment to help them make informed decisions.
French Gerleman Solar Array Project Facts
Location: 2023 Westport Center Drive, St. Louis, MO 63146
Installed Power Capacity: 48.4 kW
Expected Annual Energy Production: 64,548 kWh
Includes:
- Four different monitoring systems
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Three panel technologies of various wattages, 194 total panels installed
- SolarWorld 245 Poly - 62 Panels
- SolarWorld 245 Poly Black - 12 Panels
- SolarWorld 255 Mono - 120 Panels
- Three different types of inverter technologies
- Three different racking systems
Manufacturers Represented:
- Eaton B-Line
- Fronius
- Legrand/Cablofil
- Power-One
- REFUsol
- Siemens
- SMA
- SolarWorld
- Tigo Energy
- Unirac
French Gerleman Solar Array Project Metrics
Annual Energy Produced: 64,548 kWh
Lifetime Energy Produced: 1520492 kWh
CO 2 Emissions Avoided in First Year: 112,404 lbs.
CO 2 Emissions Voided in Lifetime 1 : 2,810,100 lbs.
Equivalencies (Annual):
- Computers: 204 PCs
- Light Bulbs (Cells) 1528 CFLs
- Barrels of Oil: 124
- Miles Not Driven: 2,500,000
- Trees Planted: 93 Acres
1 The term "lifetime" is conservatively set at a duration of 25 years. The solar modules are projected to have an expected lifespan of 35+ years, but for the purposes of these figures, we have used the warrantied life of 25 years.
