Cleveland puts out RFI for equipment suppliers on upcoming 63-MW solar project

Cuyahoga County of Ohio has launched a request for info (RFI) for an upcoming 63-MW photo voltaic mission within the space. Cuyahoga Inexperienced Power, on behalf of the county, is soliciting info from companies occupied with turning into an gear supplier on the mission that’s developed via the EPA’s Local weather Air pollution Discount Grants (CPRG) program.

Cuyahoga Inexperienced Power, the electrical distribution utility, has been awarded a U.S. EPA grant totaling $130 million, which can be used to assemble 63 MW of photo voltaic, alongside 10 MW of battery storage, on six brownfields and/or former landfill websites throughout the Cleveland metropolitan space by October of 2029. This RFI goals to establish and set up strains of contact with producers occupied with offering the requisite supplies and companies for the profitable completion of this mission by the deadline set by EPA.

Particularly, the county goals to competitively procure photo voltaic panels, racking methods, inverters, and different related gear to develop these initiatives with the next {qualifications}:

1. Panels should be each Construct America, Purchase America (BABA) licensed AND Purchase American Act compliant.
2. Panels should be appropriate with landfill and brownfield photo voltaic growth – the county is at present looking for ground-mount panels with ballasted racking methods, however is open to different viable alternate options if current.
3. Panels should have a passable conversion effectivity to accommodate utility-scale photo voltaic throughout the confines of the out there grant funding.
4. Inverters should be satisfactorily environment friendly and dependable to attenuate losses over the lifespan of the system.
5. Mounting {hardware} and panels should be capable to stand up to excessive winds and growing extreme climate occasions typical of the native geography.

Responses should be submitted through e-mail to the issuing division contact (Thomas Pavich, tpavich@cuyahogacounty.gov) with the RFI title and quantity within the topic line. Responses are due no later than 11 a.m. on Thursday, February 6, 2025. More details here.