Grafton Solar Park & Montpelier Solar Park
Case Study
Owner
Eitri Foundry
Project Capacity
8.55 MW Ground-mounted
Location
Grafton and Montpelier, Ohio, USA
Module Type
Eldora Grand Ultima Silver 330 Wp (polycrystalline-72cell)
Connection Type
Grid connected to substation
Technical Specifications
Rated System Power
Grafton: 5,756.52 kWp
Montpelier: 2,790.48 kWp
Number of Modules
Grafton: 17,444
Montpelier: 8,456
Space Coverage
Grafton: 31.2 acres
Montpelier: 12.4 acres
Type of Installation
Ground mounted solar project with single axis tracker system
Project Latitude & Longitude
Grafton: 41°17'43.78"N 82° 0'53.61"W Montpelier: 41°35'5.59"N 84°34'43.94"W
Annual Energy Yield
Grafton: 8,229 MWh Montpelier: 3,250 MWh
PROJECT BRIEF DETAILS
What made the EPC installer decide to use Vikram Solar modules?
Vikram Solar was involved at the village council meetings and proved to be the capable partner to propose feasible solutions to address multiple difficult challenges related to the project.
Any special characteristics of the installation and other interesting information?
The Montpelier site utilizes a few tables of fixed tilt which will be used to compare against the single axis trackers that make up the rest of the site.
Background of the project customer?
Both projects are for municipality owned utilities who look to utilize solar PPA financing to offset some of the costs of their power supply portfolio.
