PV CONDITION ASSESSMENT MPLC WAREHOUSE

Bureau of Land Management
PV Condition Assessment
Uncompahgre Field Office
Submitted on:

April 9, 2025

Submitted to:

Bureau of Land Management

Submitted by:

Ameresco, Inc.
111 Speen Street, Ste. 410
Framingham, MA 01701

Point of Contact:

Greg Caplan
VP Federal Business Development
[email protected]
202-650-6214

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1.1

1.1.b Visual Observation of Panels, Exposed Electrical Wire / Insulation / Conduit, Inverters, and Associated Electrical 1.1.f

1.1.i

1.1.j

Ameresco: PV Condition Assessment
Bureau of Land Management

Colorado Site (Uncompahgre Field Office)

1.0 PV Condition Assessment – Uncompahgre Field Office
Perform condition assessments of 26 photovoltaic (PV) systems located in eight western states and determine the appropriate methods for transmitting data from those systems into the contractor’s Energy Management Information System. Referred to collectively as PV field work.

1.1

Uncompahgre Field Office

32 kW of photovoltaic generation, with 1 – 30 kW inverter, North Office Building energy meter, and renewable energy meter (all existing)

1.1.a

PV condition assessment survey

Provide the following for each of the 26 PV sites described in Subparagraph l. Provide system description including block system diagram, and photographic records. Document PV system components including the following:

Figure 1: Current PV Configuration at Uncompahgre

Ameresco: PV Condition Assessment
Bureau of Land Management

Colorado Site (Uncompahgre Field Office)

i.

Panels: Manufacture, model number, individual panel watts, number of strings, total number of panels, total system watts, expected degradation rate. a. Array 1
i. Manufacturer: Solar World
ii. M/N: SW 245
iii. Individual panel watts: 245W
iv. Number of strings: 11
v. Total number of panels: 132
vi. Total system watts: 32 kW DC
b. Expected degradation rate: 19%

ii.

Description of mounting and mounting system, i.e., roof mounted with ballast or rack system, or ground mounted with steel rack system.

Ground Mounted w/steel racking for both arrays
iii.

Inverter: Include inverter manufacture, model number, the type of interface capabilities of the inverter and whether it is currently connected for remote reading or is capable of being connected for remote reading.
a. Manufacturer: PV Powered
b. Model number: PVP30kw
i. CEC efficiency: 93%
c. Serial number: unreadable
d. Communication Interface: RS-485
e. EchoLabs not communicating during our visit

Ameresco: PV Condition Assessment