Baker Electric performed as the general contractor to provide this 135 kW system to an avocado grove in Escondido, CA. The ground mount system was installed and interconnected at their “Well” location and uses the SDG&E Net Energy Metering (NEM) Aggregation to distribute energy to other meters on the property. The system includes 540 Hyundai 250W modules and 4 Solectria 20KW inverters.

Baker Commercial Solar installed the complete 2,634 kW solar PV system for the Lancaster Prison. The PV system has a surface area of approximately 185,250 SF and includes 9,500 MEMC solar panels. The solar field is a part of California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR)’s “Going Green Initiative” which includes recycling and water conservation projects that is improving energy efficiency in 33 prisons by reducing electricity and natural gas use. The energy saving projects are paid for without the use of state general fund tax dollars and are financed with low- or no-interest loans, such as those from Federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding.

Despite high winds and heightened prison security requirements, the project was completed in only eight weeks. This was nearly a 50% reduction from the original construction schedule.

The Lancaster facility is one of five state prisons in Southern California that has added a combined 23 MW of solar-generated power in 2012, an initiative undertaken by SunEdison and the CDCR. These solar projects should result in $55 million in energy cost savings over the next 20 years, according to the CDCR.

Del Cerro Baptist Church initially considered making the switch to solar because of their high electrical costs. They anticipated significant energy cost savings as a result of installing a solar system to power the church facility. Lower operating costs would enable the organization’s leaders to invest back into the church, the congregation, and the community. And being environmentally conscious, Del Cerro also had a goal of doing their part to reduce their impact on the earth. They understood that the use of a renewable source of energy would benefit La Mesa and the surrounding area through a decrease in pollution and improved air quality. 

This 124-acre, utility scale solar project generates 20 MW of energy.  It also included a 115 kV substation

Working in conjunction with the PENTA Building Group, Baker Electric completed a 415 kW solar system carport project at Desert Regional Medical Center. The structural steel solar carports cover 176 parking spaces and has 22 shade structures facilitating 22 PV arrays with a PV surface area of approximately 30,586 SF. The PV system consists of 1,694 Solar World panels which are estimated to produce 370 kW of electricity. Every inverter is monitored individually, allowing the integrator to diagnose problems at the module level, this significantly reduces field troubleshooting.

The Desert Regional Medical Center healthcare facility serves the Southern California desert area around Palm Springs, they were motivated to install the solar carports by environmental concerns and the rising cost of energy. At the time of installation (completed in August 2011) it was the largest commercial Enphase system installed to date.