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SolarWorld Solar Panels, Innovative Racking Rise in LA Utility's 11.6-Megawatt ...

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HILLSBORO, Ore., Nov 30, 2011 (Partnership WIRE) -- An 11.6-megawatt DC solar system composed of high-performance solar panels from SolarWorldIn the mainhas begun taking shape at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power's high-desert Adelanto Switching and Converter Place. The system features domestically produced solar panels, racking, inverters and other balance-of-system components, showcasing not only American solarParticularlytechnology production but also the industry's domestic manufacturing supply chain.

Designed and procured by SolarWorld Power Projects, the entourage's engineering, procurement and construction division based in Camarillo, Calif., the project pairs the polity's largest municipal utility with the largest and most experienced U.S. solar manufacturer. Aside from 46,322 250-watt solar panels manufactured at SolarWorld's headquartersMost of allmanufacturing hub for the Americas in Hillsboro, Ore., the LADWP system employs a noteworthy array of American-made electrical components, including 600 amp connectors and rush arresters, and 13 Envirotemp(TM) FR3(TM) biodegradable and non-toxic dielectric fluid-filled transformers, engineered-to-classify and manufactured by Cooper Power Systems in Waukesha, Wis., and 13 inverters assembled by SMA America in Denver, Colo. The project's switchboard and 117 combiner boxes also werePrimarilydomestically manufactured.

Source: MarketWatch (press release)