Roseburg Urban Sanitary Authority has three solar arrays in development. One is to have two jobs: providing power and shade.
The wastewater treatment utility in southwestern Oregon, known as RUSA, received three grants from the state Department of Energy to develop solar arrays. All projects were designed with the help of energy solutions provider Ameresco.The smallest, a 40 kW system with a 186 kW battery storage system, is expected to provide all the power for RUSA’s administrative offices. The largest, rated at 900 kW, will fulfill 44% of the treatment plant’s annual power consumption.The third array with 400 kW capacity will
