Sandy Creek Corp – Commercial Rooftop Solar Array
Sandy Creek went solar with this 26.15 kW DC array. This array will produce about 30.84 MWh of energy every year – that 30.84 Megawatt-hours! Producing 30.84 MWh of electricity from a clean energy source, rather than a coal power plant, saves 21.8 metric tons of carbon dioxide from being emitted into the atmosphere.* That’s […]
Residential Solar in Illinois
This 10 kW AC system powers a home in Illinois. Not only are the homeowners saving money on their electric bill with their system, they are also preventing carbon emissions from being released into the atmosphere. In just the first year of its operation, this system is expected to produce 19,569 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of energy. […]
Paxton Hardware and Rental Invests in Solar “Hardware” for Their Business
This hardware store was smart to install some impressive solar “hardware” on the rooftop of their business. This 115.7 kW solar system puts 362 REC320 all-black panels and 2 SMA Sunny Tripower Inverters to work offsetting the energy usage of their store! Over 25 years they are likely to save $397,388 on their electric bills […]
Roof Mounted Solar in Champaign, IL
This 9.86 kilowatt (kW) residential solar array was installed for the Newell household in 2019 with the help of the Solar Urbana Champaign group buy program. StraightUp Solar paired REC panels and a SolarEdge inverter for this roof mounted solar installation. With an estimated 10,000 kilowatt-hours (kwH) in energy production annually, the array will offset […]
The Wandering Stus Go Solar in STL
This 3.84 kW array was installed in 2019 as part of the first Grow Solar St. Louis program. The array is made up of 12 REC 320 panels. Jesse and Lauren are two globetrotting bloggers and entrepreneurs that care deeply about this planet and the people that inhabit it. They went solar to do their […]
Unique Stone
This 81 kW system provides energy for the Unique Stone building in St. Louis, Missouri. This system is comprised of 237 REC345 panels and 1 SMA Sunny Tripower inverter. This system has an estimated payback period of 4.6 years, with a lifespan of 30 years. Not only is this system estimated to save $467,377 in […]
Herndon Farms
The Herndon Farms of Macomb, Illinois went solar in 2019 after seeing their neighbors at Creasey Farms go solar. Knowing they could trust the experts at StraightUp Solar, they chose to install a similar 67.2 kW solar PV system to offset energy production on their pork producing operation. Estimated features: 90,779 kilowatt-hours (kWh) annual energy […]
Creasey Farms
Creasey Farms went solar in 2019 with this 67.2 kW array. This system is comprised of 192 REC250W panels and 7 SMA SunnyBoy inverters. Estimated features: 98,420 kilowatt-hours (kWh) annual energy production Year 1 energy bill savings: $7,344 Energy bill savings over 25-year lifespan of panels: $219,915 Less than 4 years payback Offsets 1,643 Metric […]
Fair Mercantile
This 99 kW system was installed by the Jaffe Group on the Fair Mercantile building in the Hill neighborhood of St. Louis. The system is comprised of 266 REC375 watt panels as well as 2 SMA Sunny TriPower inverters. This system will provide clean electricity for this building for over 30 years!
Wurdack Paint- St. Louis, MO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXT6uZCmQjo This 62.45 kW array was installed in 2018. This project is actually composed of two arrays for both of the building’s meters. It is made up of 181 REC345 modules and has two inverters to serve the three phase and single phase service on this building. It is likely to produce around 80,000 kWh […]
