by Staff, Solar Novus | February 2, 2012

Solar Power Generation USA today announced the winners of its Solar Power Generation Awards at its conference in Las Vegas, including Kaua’i Island Utility Cooperative for Solar Utility of the Year.

Using funds previously allocated for a combustion turbine generator, KIUC announced plans at the end of 2011 to develop a 12MW PV farm with REC Solar.

With the new facility, the utility will have approximately 20MW of PV available to its system. KIUC will also be integrating a battery energy storage system to handle intermittency issues. When the project is successfully developed, KIUC anticipates having more PV concentration than any utility in the US.