Lowey Highlights Growing Green Energy Company
Congresswoman Nita Lowey stopped in Port Chester this week to talk up alternative energy, particularly the growth of businesses like Mercury Solar Systems.
The business, on Midland Avenue, started in 2006. Local projects include the solar energy project at Resurrection School in Rye. The company is about to embark on a big test of solar panels, according to Monday’s press release from Lowey’s office:
Mercury Solar Systems recently partnered with the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to advance solar energy research. NREL will extract data for its own long-term research from Mercury Solar System’s solar test-bed, the first solar photovoltaic testing facility in the Northeast. The system is being constructed on the roof of Mercury Solar Systems’ corporate headquarters in Port Chester, and is expected to be operational by the end of the summer. A grant from The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) will help finance the project.
The 106 kilowatt (kW) solar PV system will consist of several hundred panels from nine different manufacturers. It is expected to generate more than 90,000 kilowatt hours (kWh) each year or approximately 75% of the building’s annual electricity needs. The system will also incorporate a hybrid PV/solar hot water system.
