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PERRIS, CA-DEXUS Property Group has leased more than 1.6 million square feet of rooftop space on an industrial building here to Southern California Edison for 20 years for SCE to install a solar power system capable of generating up to 10 megawatts of electricity at peak capacity. The new solar station will be part of a network of solar plants SCE is building through Southern and Central California, according to an announcement from DEXUS regarding the installation. Electricity generated by these installations will be transferred directly into the neighboring SCE energy grid through more than a dozen groups of inverters and transformers built alongside the building.
Bruce McDonald, managing director of asset management and development for DEXUS’s US office, says the new lease "will unlock further value with the DEXUS distribution center to now host two tenants: SCE on the rooftop and Whirlpool within the building it has occupied since 2008." The building is at 3722 Redlands Ave.
Tom Catania, vice president of government relations for Whirlpool Corp., said that the solar installation underscores the company's commitment to supporting sustainable business practices. "We have focused for decades on energy and water efficiency in the products themselves, but the manufacture, physical distribution and end-of-life disposal impacts are also important parts of our sustainable business commitment," Catania said.
According to Mark Nelson, director of Edison's solar photovoltaic program, construction on the solar panel station is planned to start in late 2011 and the station is expected to begin serving SCE customers in 2012. The installation will include approximately 36,000 solar panels and at peak generating capacity will produce enough power to serve approximately 5,200 Southern California homes.
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