Atlantic City Convention Center
Customer: Atlantic City Convention Center, PEPCO Energy Services
Type of Customer: The Convention Center serves millions of people annually in its 500,000 square feet of continuous exhibition space.
Project Location: Atlantic City, NJ
System Size: 2,360 kW DC covering 266,000 square feet
Date Commissioned: December 2008
Mounting Type: Roof mounted system using ballasts and some penetrations
ACE Role: Turn-Key Installation: Engineer, Procure All Equipment, Manage Installation
Construction Timeline: 6 weeks
Type of Financing: Power Purchase Agreement
Technology Deployed: Trina Panels, SunLink Mounting System, and Satcon Inverters
Implementation Highlights:
- The site’s close proximity to the shoreline required a 110 MPH wind design. ACE was able to engineer partial roof penetrations to provide a level of comfort in this windy area of the country.
- The complex interior inverter layout, placement and electrical interconnection were completed with no impact to client operations.
- An aggressive project schedule required a compressed time frame for permitting approvals. Working with the State of New Jersey, the permit approvals came in record time for this size project.
- A new roof was being installed at the same time ACE installed the solar array. Coordinated concurrent construction was an interesting challenge we overcame while staying in-budget and on-time.
Client quote: “American Capital Energy took care of all the engineering, permitting, and construction details allowing us to focus on running the convention center. We were impressed with how easy American Capital Energy seemed to make this project come together” – Project Manager ACCC