In the summer of 2018, as a spin-off of the Washburn/Bayfield Solar Project and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar in Your Community Challenge, Cheq Bay Renewables (CBR) teamed up with Niels Wolter of Madison Solar Consulting to apply for an Energy Innovation Grant for the Drummond School District. Awarded in September 2018, the grant is administered through Wisconsin’s Office of Energy Innovation and was for the purpose of determining what energy efficiency (EE) measures could be undertaken to reduce the overall electric load and if solar photovoltaic (PV) could offset a portion of the remaining load.
Robert Drevlow, a frequent CBR’s volunteer, retired electrical engineer and former Xcel Energy and CESA 10 employee, joined the team as an expert on energy efficiency.
Two reports were generated and presented to the Drummond School District. The first, titled “School Energy and Demand Reduction Opportunity Assessment” by Robert Drevlow, looked at multiple areas within the school and concluded 34% of the electric use could be eliminated and the School District’s electric bill could be reduced by 35% if all the measures were put in place. The second report titled, “Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Site Assessment”, by Niels Wolter, laid out next steps to install a 100kW ac solar PV installation on the roof of the school which would be net-metered through Xcel Energy. With EE measures in place, the solar component would offset 40% of the electric load of the school on an annual basis. An economic analysis was included in both reports.
It is anticipated that CBR will present the results of these two reports to the Drummond School Board in the fall of 2019 and hopefully they will move forward with both EE and PV projects in the near future.
Summary Tables of Energy Efficiency Measures and PV Financial Metrics:
Robert Drevlow, a frequent CBR’s volunteer, retired electrical engineer and former Xcel Energy and CESA 10 employee, joined the team as an expert on energy efficiency.
Two reports were generated and presented to the Drummond School District. The first, titled “School Energy and Demand Reduction Opportunity Assessment” by Robert Drevlow, looked at multiple areas within the school and concluded 34% of the electric use could be eliminated and the School District’s electric bill could be reduced by 35% if all the measures were put in place. The second report titled, “Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Site Assessment”, by Niels Wolter, laid out next steps to install a 100kW ac solar PV installation on the roof of the school which would be net-metered through Xcel Energy. With EE measures in place, the solar component would offset 40% of the electric load of the school on an annual basis. An economic analysis was included in both reports.
It is anticipated that CBR will present the results of these two reports to the Drummond School Board in the fall of 2019 and hopefully they will move forward with both EE and PV projects in the near future.
Summary Tables of Energy Efficiency Measures and PV Financial Metrics:
