DTE Energy signs $18M solar energy contract

Thursday, March 11, 2010 | Source: metromode
DTE Energy is taking another step toward reaching Michigan's new Renewable Portfolio Standard for alternative energy, now that it's getting ready to install a whole bunch of solar panels.

Detroit Edison, a subsidiary of the downtown Detroit-based firm, has signed an $18 million contract with Novi-based Nova Consultants. The two will work with the utility's SolarCurrents renewable energy program to create three megawatts of new solar panels in southeast Michigan over the next year.

Nova will analyze the feasibility, design, and installation of photovoltaic solar systems on the roofs of both Detroit Edison-owned buildings and those of its customers. Think large industrial buildings.

"We're in the beginning stages of a number of different solar projects," says Scott Simons, a spokesman for DTE Energy.

The RPS requires that 10 percent of the utility's power generation come from renewable sources such as wind and solar by 2015. DTE Energy has acquired easements on 75,000 acres of land in Huron County in Michigan's Thumb region for development of large-scale wind farms. The company also has two solar energy pilot projects that could produce about 20 megawatts of power.

Source: Scott Simons, a spokesman for DTE Energy
Writer: Jon Zemke
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