Solar Energy System Activated at Trap Falls Reservoir in Shelton

Solar technology firm OPEL Technologies Inc., with offices at 3 Corporate Drive, Suite 204, has reportedly completed installation of a tracker-based solar energy system at the 's D.W. Loiselle Water Treatment Plant at in .

According to a press release, construction of the solar facility, which employs both models of solar trackers OPEL makes, the TF-800 single-axis tracker and the SF-45 dual-axis tracker, began in September of 2011.

As to be expected, the system is tied in with United Illuminating Company’s grid and any electricity not used by Aquarion's facility will be fed into the supply and the water company will be credited. This, in turn, should help hold down operating costs.

Both Aquarion and OPEL plan to hold a ceremony to mark the completion and activation of the new system “after the winter season,” the release states.

OPEL claims that with its solar trackers controlling the positioning of the arrays the system will generate 22 percent more energy than if fixed panels were used.

“By using OPEL Solar's advanced tracker technology, we are generating much more energy than we could have expected from fixed technologies,” said Charles V. Firlotte, Aquarion's President and CEO, in the release, adding that the water company is implementing a series of measures to reduce its carbon footprint.

In September Toronto-based OPEL announced that it had changed its name from OPEL Solar International Inc. to OPEL Technologies Inc. and had launched three new websites to better target the three distinct industries it serves.