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Creve Coeur council hears proposal for 100 kW solar array at Dealman Recreation Complex
Summary
City heard a Verigee proposal to install a 100 kW solar array at the Dealman Recreation Complex (estimated cost $275,000). Staff and committee members emphasized acting before federal IRA credits expire; council asked staff and the Energy & Environment Committee for a deeper review.
Creve Coeur city officials on Monday reviewed a proposal to expand rooftop solar at the Dealman Recreation Complex to a roughly 100-kilowatt system, a vendor representative said.
Jason Valvero, the city’s director of recreation, introduced the item and said the current system is a 25-kilowatt direct-current array that supplies about 15 percent of the non–ice-rink building load. Verigee, the vendor, estimated the new package would cost about $275,000 and projected guaranteed annual savings of roughly $8,000 under the firm’s performance guarantee and modeling that factors in an Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) tax credit.
Ellie Blankenship, Verigee’s local…
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