GPU, Applied Power to join in solar venture.PARSIPPANY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 14, 1996--General Public Utilities Service Corp. (GPUSC) and Applied Power, an energy consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a of Lacey, Washington, have been awarded a joint venture contract for a novel and efficient solar installation in Washington D.C. The award was granted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), located in Golden, Colorado, as part of the U.S. Department of Energy, is the United States' primary laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development. (NREL NREL National Renewable Energy Laboratory NREL Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory (Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO) ) about two weeks ago. GPU GPU: see secret police. (Graphics Processing Unit) A specialized logic chip devoted to rendering 2D or 3D images. Display adapters contain one or more GPUs for fast graphics rendering. will be subcontracting the installation to Potomac Electric Power Company (PEPCO PEPCO Potomac Electric Power Company (Washington, DC, USA) PEPCO Pakistan Electric Power Company PEPCO Professional Electric Products Company ) of Washington D.C. As part of the effort, the companies will be attaching solar collectors to existing structures in Earth Day park to demonstrate the ability to locate solar facilities without the need to use vacant land. Energy produced by the project will provide about 70 percent of the energy required to power streetlighting in the park. "This project is important to us and indeed the entire power industry because it demonstrates the viability of `photovoltaic' or solar energy in areas traditionally considered too crowded for such applications," said Scott Weiner, vice president - corporate development at GPU. GPU is among a number of energy resource companies gathering in California this week for the annual meeting of the Utility PhotoVoltaic The generation of voltage by a material that is exposed to light in the visible and invisible ranges. See photoelectric and photovoltaic cell. Group (UPVG UPVG Utility PhotoVoltaic Group ). Installation of the system is to take place during the next month. It will be unveiled on April 21, the commemoration of Earth Day. Two locations are earmarked for installation of the panels. One is a canopy over a stairwell stair·well n. A vertical shaft around which a staircase has been built. stairwell Noun a vertical shaft in a building that contains a staircase Noun 1. onto which a solar panel will be placed. In the other, in a more challenging configuration, a bridge/walkway which crosses over Interstate 395 will host the solar collectors. The collectors will be hung from its sides. "It is particularly significant that this effort will be launched in a park, a facility set aside for the purposes of land preservation," explained Weiner. "This technology will provide us with not only the obvious benefits that we reap from using a renewable source of energy. In addition, at a time of concern about development and land use, we are learning that we can expand energy capacity with no additional impact on land. That is exciting to us as an energy resources company dedicated to environmental stewardship." General Public Utilities is one of the 20 largest investor owned utilities in the U.S. and the parent company of several energy resource companies with energy interests around the world. CONTACT: General Public Utilities Corporation George Koodray, 201/263-6747 |
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