In 1937 The Dalles needed a new hospital. In 2010 the same building had been long converted to a clinic and was set to house a regional 911 center. And it desperately needed a new roof. Through an ARRA grant via the Oregon Department of Energy, Wasco County was able to add 25kW in roof mounted solar to the re-roof project.  Hire Electric was awarded the design build contract in July 2010 and the solar came on line in early December. This system utilized 104 – Sharp 240 watt modules into 5 – PVPowered 4800 inverters with PV1010 monitoring.

This is the largest solar array to date in Wasco County and bumps the limit of North Wasco PUD’s net metering policy.

The 7.5kw solar installation will consist of 36, Sanyo 210 watt solar modules and use Enphase micro inverters to turn the solar energy into power that can synchronize with North Wasco PUD’s utility grid.

Solar energy will replace about 30% of Hire Electric’s current power consumption.

You can see how much power we are producing right now at our Enphase Monitoring Website.

Stop by and visit any time.

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December 7th through the 11th, 9 to 5:00 Each Day

2700 West Second St, The Dalles, OR. (next to the Elks behind The Dalles Transmission)

On Monday, December 7th at 2pm will will have a ribbon cutting ceremony to dedicate the system.

On Thursday December 10th at 5 pm we will give a short power point seminar on putting solar energy to work in The Gorge.

See you there!