Park City, Utah’s Municipal Athletic & Recreation Center (MARC) is now solar-powered! The solar array consists of Suniva’s high efficiency Optiums modules, generating solar electricity for the recreation center which is built for Park City residents, and the home to the popular Sundance Film Festival theatre.
The MARC solar array is sourced by Russell Pacific, engineered by Alpenglow Solar and installed the Suniva array. Solectria inverters and a monitoring system by SolrenView complete the system. This solar project is considered to be the largest within the municipal government and is slated to offset 20% of the building’s energy consumption.
“Russell Pacific is proud to showcase USA-made Suniva panels for this Park City community project, the largest PV system in Summit County, Utah,” said Jay Miles, vice president, distributed sales of Russell Pacific. “The aesthetically pleasing black frame module was selected due to its high visibility from the building entrance and road.”
“It’s exciting that Park City’s leaders have pursued solar as part of their progressive strategy when considering energy savings and building enhancements,” said Matt Card, vice president of global sales and marketing, Suniva. “We’re pleased that our American products were of high value for this particular installation.”
Suniva recently announced that it will be expanding its US manufacturing capacity. This announcement comes quickly after the opening of their second US manufacturing facility, located in Michigan.