SEGUIN, Texas – A 12-acre solar project in Seguin is operational, and a San Antonio-based operator is at the project’s helm.
Big Sun Solar and Gonzales-based Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative (GVEC) partnered with Vitesco Technologies on the project, creating one of the first three-party power purchase agreements (PPA) in Texas.
The PPA gave Big Sun Solar the job of building, owning and operating the site, while Vitesco purchases the electricity from GVEC to offset energy consumption.
The 4,800-panel site, adjacent to Vitesco’s manufacturing facility, is expected to generate about 13% of Vitesco’s annual energy consumption at the facility. This equates to enough energy to power 330 homes at an average square foot of 1,800 per year and reduces vehicle emissions equivalent to removing 600 cars from the road for a year, a company news release said.
Vitesco, an international supplier of drive systems and electrification…
