Why Yuma for Solar Manufacturing?

 Some of the major advantages for business in Yuma:

• New state Renewable Energy incentives significantly reduce upfront capital cost burden
• Arizona Western College Research & Development Testing Site
• Arizona Western College has instituted a “Renewable Energy” curriculum
• TUV Rheinland Testing Site located in Tempe, Arizona
• 308 sunny days per year
• Yuma typically has an annual Direct Normal Solar Radiation of 7.0 to 7.5 kWh/m

Market Conditions

• Arizona’s Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) has set a goal to require 15 % of their energy from renewable energy sources by 2025
• California's Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) is one of the most ambitious renewable energy standards in the country (33% by 2020)
• Arizona Public Service (utility company) offers aggressive incentives to promote commercial and residential solar installation
• Arizona has the most aggressive Distributive Generation requirement in the United States, 30% of the RPS has to come from DG.

TUV Rheinland Group

TUV Rheinland has partnered with Arizona State University, along with Arizona Public Service, to open a 40,000 square foot facility, staffed with the world’s most technically competent and capable solar testing team.  TUV Rheinland-Arizona will serve as a cornerstone for a global network of photovoltaic testing and certification services. TUV Rheinland Group is the largest solar photovoltaic testing center in North America.  TUV Rheinland delivers premier independent certification, testing and assessment services for the solar energy industry sector including photovoltaic, solar thermal and power management. 

Yuma Welding Center

The Yuma Welding Center is located on the campus of Arizona Western College and offers certifications and bachelor’s degrees in complex and simple welding training. The center is capable of supporting private employee training along with project development. The center graduates approximately 25 students a year for immediate job placement.

Arizona Public Service—Arizona Sun Program

Through the AZ Sun program, APS will finance and own 100 megawatts of solar photovoltaic power plants in Arizona. Upon completion, the program is expected to have at least six plants, which will be designed and constructed by third-party solar developers, contractors and equipment providers. The entire program is expected to be completed by the end of 2014. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Industry Collaboration

Arizona Solar Center
www.azsolarcenter.com 

Arizona Solar Energy Industries Association
www.arizonasolarindustry.org

Power Systems Engineering Research Center (PSERC)
www.pserc.org

Solar Electric Power Association
www.solarelectricpower.org

Education and Training

Arizona Western College

• Alternative Energy Education
  Partnership provides industry training in engineering subjects related to green energy.
  www.azwestern.edu

Arizona State University

• Solar Initiative
  solar.asu.edu
• Global Institute of Sustainability
  www.sustainability.asu.edu
• NanoFab foundry
  www.fulton.asu.edu/nanofab/
• National Center of Excellence on Smart Innovations
  www.asusmart.com

Incentives

Maps

Arizona Service Highway

Arizona State Highway System

National Highway System

Southwest Border Major Roads

Union Pacific Railroad

Union Pacific Sunset Route

 

 

Arizona Western College Research & Development Testing Site

Arizona Western College has partnered with APS, Main Street Power and PPA Partners to install a solar array on the main   campus of AWC. Primarily designed as a testing and educational array, the installation, combined with the existing rooftop array on the AWC Agriculture and Science building, will allow AWC to harness the area’s climatologically unique features to generate virtually 100% of the college’s daytime electricity needs.

AWC Solar Array

• 5 megawatts makes this the single biggest solar installation at a U.S. college or university
  • 4.995 megawatts—new installation
  • 105.6 kilowatts—existing rooftop array at AWC
• Will test 5 different photovoltaic technologies
• 3rd Party Solar Monitoring will control data feed(NREL)
• Planned deployment: eastern and southern areas of main campus

Green Clean Renewable Energy

• Will cover 100% of the college’s daytime energy needs, reducing district costs

State-of-the-Art Workforce Development and Curriculum

• Student and faculty access to cutting-edge technologies
• Curriculum includes
  • Occupational certificate
  • Workforce training
  • Associate’s of Applied Science
  • University Partnerships for articulated Bachelor, Master’s

Powerful Partnerships Nationally and Globally

• Arizona Public Service is supporting the installation
• Interested companies include
  • Signet Solar                    
  • SKYLINE Solar
  • SolFocus
  • Satcon
  • Canadian Solar
  • DelSolar
  • Ray Tracker