The Flemington Area Food Pantry, inoshandira Hunterdon County, New Jersey, yakapemberera uye yakafumura rudzi rwavo rutsva rwekugadzira solar array nekucheka ribhoni musi waNovember 18 paFlemington Area Food Pantry.
Iyi purojekiti yakaitwa kuti igoneke nekubatana kwekupa rubatsiro pakati pevatungamiriri veindasitiri yezuva uye vanozvipira munharaunda, mumwe nemumwe achipa zvikamu zvake.
Pakati pemapato ese akaita kuti kuisirwa kuve kwechokwadi, pantry ine imwe kunyanya yekutenda - mudzidzi weNorth Hunterdon High School, Evan Kuster.
"Semunhu anozvipira paFood Pantry, ndaiziva kuti vane mari yakawanda yemagetsi kumafiriji nemafiriza uye vaifunga kuti simba rezuva rinogona kuchengetedza bhajeti yavo," akagovera Kuster, mudzidzi weNorth Hunterdon High School, Kirasi ya2022. baba vanoshanda kukambani yekusimudzira simba rezuva inonzi Merit SI, uye vakati tikumbire zvipo zvekutsigira hurongwa.
Saka vaKusters vakabvunza, uye vatungamiriri veindasitiri yezuva vakapindura.Kutenderera kutenderedza chiono chavo chekukanganisa, slate yakazara yevabatsiri vepurojekiti inosanganisira Yekutanga Solar, OMCO Solar, SMA America uye Pro Circuit Electrical Contracting yakasainwa kupurojekiti.Pamwe chete, vakapa kuisirwa kwezuva rose kune pantry, vachibvisa bhiri regore remagetsi remadhora gumi nemashanu nemakumi mashanu neshanu (2019).Ikozvino, iyo itsva 33-kW system inobvumira iyo mari kuti igoverwe kutengwa kwechikafu chenharaunda yavo - inokwana kugadzirira 6,360 chikafu.
Jeannine Gorman, director director weFlemington Area Food Pantry, akasimbisa kusimba kwechinhu chitsva ichi.“Dhora rega rega ratinoshandisa pakutenga magetsi idhora rimwe chete ratingashandisa kutenga chikafu chenharaunda,” akadaro Gorman.“Tinoita basa redu zuva nezuva;Zvinotikurudzira zvikuru kuti tizive kuti nyanzvi dzinoitira hanya zvakakwana kupa nguva yavo, tarenda uye zvekushandisa kutibatsira kuti tirambe tichibatsira nharaunda yedu.”
Uku kuratidzwa kwerupo kwaisagona kuve kwakanonoka, zvichipihwa kukuvadza kwedenda reCOVID-19.Pakati paKurume naChivabvu, pakanga paine 400 vakanyoresa vatsva panzvimbo yekudyara, uye mumwedzi mitanhatu yekutanga yegore, vakaona kuwedzera kwe30% kwevatengi vavo.Sekureva kwaGorman, "kuora mwoyo kuri pazviso zvemhuri sezvavaifanira kukumbira rubatsiro" hwave humbowo hwekuti denda iri rave nemhedzisiro inoremadza, richisvitsa vazhinji kusvika padanho rekushaya ravakanga vasati vamboona.
Tom Kuster, CEO weMerit SI uye baba vaEvan, aidada kutungamira chirongwa ichi."Kutarisana nedenda repasi rose iri pasina mubvunzo kwave kuchityisa vanhu vese vekuAmerica, asi zvanyanya kuomera nharaunda dzisina kuchengetedzwa uye dziri panjodzi," akadaro Kuster."PaMerit SI, tinotenda kuti basa redu sevagari vemubatanidzwa nderekuunganidza masimba uye kupa rubatsiro pese panodiwa zvakanyanya."
Merit SI yakapa dhizaini yekugadzira uye mainjiniya, asi zvakare yakashanda semurongi, ichiunza vatambi vazhinji vakakosha mubhodhi kuti zviitike."Tinotenda kune vatinoshanda navo nekupa nguva yavo, hunyanzvi, uye mhinduro kuchirongwa ichi, icho chichabatsira nharaunda ino munguva ino yakaoma uye isati yamboitika," Kuster akadaro.
Iwo epamberi akaonda-firimu solar module akapihwa neFirst Solar.OMCO Solar, nharaunda uye utility-chiyero OEM yesolar tracker uye racking mhinduro, yakaisa pantry's array.SMA America yakapa iyo Sunny Tripower CORE1 inverter.
Pro Circuit Electrical Contracting yakaisa array, ichipa ese emagetsi neakawanda basa.
"Ndinoshamiswa nekubatana kwese pakati pemakambani mazhinji akazvipira kuchirongwa ichi…Ndinoda kutenda vese vakapa, uye nevanhu vakaita kuti izvi zviitike," akadaro Evan Kuster."Changa chiri chiedza chakanaka kwatiri tose kubatsira vavakidzani vedu tichitarisa kushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze."
Nguva yekutumira: Nov-19-2020