Xantrex's SunTie XR Inverter Powers Yavapai College's New Building

Yavapai College in Chino Valley, Ariz., recently installed a solar power system, including a Xantrex SunTie XR (STXR) Grid-Tie Inverter, in its new Agribusiness & Science Technology Center. The STXR converts the DC power generated by the system's solar panels into high-quality AC electricity for use in the classrooms. The STXR is a quiet, efficient grid-tie inverter that, when connected to the grid, supplies any excess power produced to the utility grid.

Xantrex Certified Dealer EV Solar Products installed the STXR and solar panels at the Agribusiness & Science Technology Center. EV Solar's Ben Mancini, also a part-time faculty member who teaches a renewable energy class, worked on the project. He says because the college wanted students to learn in the classroom and from the building itself, the architects decided to install the STXR in an open, common area.

"The STXR is installed in the main hallway of the facility, so students and faculty are constantly reminded that there is a solar array on the building and that it is producing the power they are using," said Mancini. "And at any time, they can monitor the energy that is being produced."

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