Saba Electric Company to improve its first solar park

Last week, Saba Electric Company (SEC) initiated a ten­der for the replacement and consequently the improvement of its first solar park’s foundation to ensure the park’s sub­structure meets safety and building require­ments. Through several in­vestigations initiated by SEC, it was determined that the park’s founda­tion did not meet the necessary requirements to guarantee a catego­ry-four hurricane resis­tance of the park.

By means of a complete refit of the substruc­ture, while maintaining the existing solar pan­els, SEC’s Solar Park One will be made and guaranteed hurricane category-four proof, the company said Monday in a statement.

SEC made this decision to secure its investment and to safeguard its sec­ond solar park, which is already hurricane cate­gory-four proof, and the surrounding area. “Having been built in a hurricane-prone zone, it is absolutely neces­sary that the park’s sub­structure meets these re­quirements,” the utility company said.

The goal is to have the refit carried out in a time-efficient manner without compromising on quality to ensure So­lar Park One is back op­erational as soon as pos­sible to minimize losses in fuel savings. During the refit, SEC’s second solar park will remain in full operation.

The Daily Herald.