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Mendocino pauses Ameresco solar plan after revised cash flow; supervisors form ad hoc
Summary
Staff presented a revised cash-flow for an Ameresco energy-savings project showing a much slower payback once module availability and inverter choices were updated. The board stopped short of authorizing construction and created an ad hoc (Supervisors Williams and Haschak) to work with staff and Ameresco on a shovel-ready plan.
Mendocino County staff told the Board of Supervisors on March 24 that an updated cash-flow analysis for a proposed Ameresco solar array using PG&E carbon-reduction funds now shows a substantially reduced net present-value and a payback that extends past the typical useful life of photovoltaic panels.
Assistant CEO Sarah Pierce summarized recent design and market changes that reduced modeled energy production and raised costs, including the need to select modules not on the previously scoped…
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