Recycling Center Signs Deal to Install Solar System at California Plant

Solar Power Inc. has been contracted by BLT Enterprises to design and build a 397 kW photovoltaic solar system to provide power for its Fremont Recycling and Transfer Station (FRTS) in Fremont, Calif. The FRTS services customers in Fremont, Newark and Union City, Calif. Last year the company processed close to 14,000 tons of recyclables.

Solar Power Inc. will design and construct the solar system which will include a mix of rooftop racking and parking shade structures on which the 1,776 solar modules will be mounted. Once completed, the solar system will produce more than 576,000 kWh of electricity, and deliver more than $128,000 in savings during its first year of operation.

“We are very pleased to be adding this solar system to our Fremont operation,” says Shawn Guttersen, vice president of BLT Enterprises. “It is a complement to our core values and mission to provide the means for environmentally responsible recycling and disposal of waste materials produced by communities across California.”

“We are very happy to be chosen to work with BLT Enterprises to design and develop a PV solar plant that will help power its FRTS operations,” says Stephen Kircher, chairman and CEO of Solar Power. “Our system will provide an excellent environmental complement to BLT Enterprises’ strength as a green business.”