{"id":1004167731,"date":"2017-03-01T09:46:20","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T17:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004167731"},"modified":"2022-12-08T22:06:29","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T06:06:29","slug":"tti-fss-installs-507kw-pv-system-on-tampa-manufacturing-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/tti-fss-installs-507kw-pv-system-on-tampa-manufacturing-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"TTI-FSS Installs 507KW PV System on Tampa Manufacturing Facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Anca Gagiuc<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"507 Kilowatt Solar Power System -- Largest Industrial Photovoltaic Installation in the Tampa Bay Area.\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/204729817?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tampa, Fla.<\/strong>\u2014Tampa Tank Inc.-Florida Structural Steel (TTI-FSS) announced it has completed the installation of a 507-kilowatt solar photovoltaic (PV) system at one of its Tampa-based manufacturing facilities. Currently, this is the largest solar installation for an industrial plant in Hillsborough County, Fla., and one of the largest in the state.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/02\/TTI-FSS.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1004167739\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/tti-fss-installs-507kw-pv-system-on-tampa-manufacturing-facility\/tti-fss\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/02\/TTI-FSS.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1869,1081\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"TTI-FSS\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;TTI-FSS&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/02\/TTI-FSS.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1004167739 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/02\/TTI-FSS.jpg\" alt=\"TTI-FSS\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/02\/TTI-FSS.jpg 1869w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/02\/TTI-FSS.jpg?resize=300,174 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/02\/TTI-FSS.jpg?resize=768,444 768w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/02\/TTI-FSS.jpg?resize=1024,592 1024w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/02\/TTI-FSS.jpg?resize=1536,888 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Solar Advantage installed the system for Shepard Capital Partners, from which TTI-FFS leases the facility. The system, which consists of 1,492 Canadian Solar 340 panels and 51 inverters, is anticipated to save some $75,000-$80,000 in energy costs in the first year. However, the company won\u2019t be relying entirely on the solar installation, but also on energy provided by local supplier TECO Energy.<\/p>\n<p>David Reed, principal at Shepard Capital Partners, member of TTI-FSS&#8217; advisory board and founder of the nonprofit Sustany Foundation, said in a prepared statement, \u201cSolar energy is an appealing alternative power source because it substantially reduces operating costs while securing a large portion of the company\u2019s power needs for 25 years at a lower fixed price, from 13 cents per kilowatt currently to 3 cents per KW. In addition, TTI-FSS will benefit from a federal investment tax credit worth 30 percent of the system\u2019s cost and the Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System (MARCS) bonus depreciation of 50 percent the first full year of operation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>TTI-FSS founder Cal Reed added, \u201cWe\u2019re all concerned about the environment, so we were willing to consider solar energy as an alternative resource after evaluating three important factors: One, the return on investment; two, the viability of the manufacturing plant structure itself to support the number of solar cells necessary without having to reinforce it; and, three, the proposal from Solar Advantage to provide the quality and savings we expected at a reasonable cost. Fortunately, all three factors aligned to make this project possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The installation is complete and will start operation as soon as the bi-directional solar meter is installed by Tampa Electric.<\/p>\n<p>Solar Advantage President Martin Clewis insisted on the customized solutions his company employs for clients. \u201cWe used a diversified approach for the inverters in this particular project. Instead of one huge truck-sized inverter, we installed 51 small solid-state inverters, made in California, scattered throughout the array of panels. This minimizes the size of the system footprint and cuts down on potential service and repair-related down time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Image &amp; video courtesy of Solar Advantage<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The system is expected to save around $75,000-$80,000 in energy costs in the first year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":237,"featured_media":1004167739,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21782,21748,21742,21786,1612,21794],"tags":[34148,34147,34149,34146],"class_list":["post-1004167731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-development","category-industrial","category-latest","category-sustainability","category-tampa","category-videos","tag-shepard-capital-partners","tag-solar-advantage","tag-solar-power-plant","tag-tampa-tank-inc-florida-structural-steel"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - 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