BioStar and its equipment suppliers have extensive experience in handling and processing dairy manure. Dairy waste is more difficult to process than other waste since it contains high amounts of fiber and a lower concentration of ammonia Ñ making a fertilizer plant more profitable due to the high volumes of waste.

BioStar Renewables is proud to announce the start of construction of an approximately 2 MW solar PV array that will serve clean, renewable electricity to the City of NormanÕs Wastewater Treatment and Wastewater Reclamation Facilities. The City of Norman has established a Net-Zero Emissions goal for city buildings and is aggressively pursuing options to ensure they can meet these bold inspirational goals. The City of Norman is leading the transition to a balanced energy future that relies heavily on renewable resources.

The City of San Bernardino is home to over 217,000 persons while San Bernardino County has a population of approximately 2.2-million people. The amount of food waste generated is significant and has put stress on the traditional methods of disposal such as landfills, composting facilities, and municipal solid waste facilities.

With recent studies indicating that approximately 36-million tons of food waste goes un-utilized and only about 3% of this food waste volume is recovered — the project will prove beneficial in the form of energy, nutrient, and carbon recovery as well as composting. If not, most food will end up in landfills or other disposal methods that provide little to no value to the community.

Developed on a 5.42-acre site, the San Bernardino Waste-to-Energy project goal is to provide a valuable facility for resource recovery, energy production, and financial benefits to the region by utilizing food waste resources as feedstock — producing beneficial products and materials.

The facility accepts pre-consumer food waste and processes the waste to produce several beneficial products and materials — with the development of a food-waste-to-energy digester facility utilizing anaerobic digestion, gas capture and processing, and electricity production from gas-powered generators using the methane-rich biogas.

The facility plans to have two digesters, each with a liquid capacity of approximately 1.8-million gallons and additional space available for the expansion of future digesters, helping to produce approximately 2.6 MW of electrical power using the biogas-powered engines. The exhaust from the engines will be treated to meet strict California air quality standards as well as noise restriction requirements. Heat will be recovered from the engines and recycled to maintain optimum temperatures in the digesters to maximize efficient operational conditions.

Finally, the project will be equipped with a 2.6MW utility grid interconnect. Two (2) 1.3 MW engine generators will be installed and the Project is to be operated to produce enough biogas to fuel the engine generators up to 2.6 MW. The project is supported by a 20-year power purchase agreement with Southern California Edison. The site layout is designed to handle additional feedstocks to further increase volume revenue, while sending excess biogas to heat recovery or to the flare.

While some of the outputs are valuable and have immediate beneficial use, others, such as air emission and effluent to sewer, require additional treatment to meet current air and water standards. The below graphics outline the project’s inputs and outputs.

The purpose of the proposed solar power facility is to supplement the current power generated by Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA) from biogas and to reduce peak loads from Southern California Edison (SCE) with electricity supplied from the solar photovoltaic system. The proposed solar power facility (SPF) is designed to generate up to one (1) megawatt of electricity from the photovoltaic system and the SPF is proposed to be installed on the CCWRF project site. The proposed project consists of installing the SPF panels at one of several open location on the CCWRF site and connecting these panels to the SCE electrical grid which is located adjacent to the project site. All of the above proposed activities will occur within the footprint of existing disturbed areas at the CCWRF site.

18,888 solar panels were installed on this 30-acre site with a flat tracker system to produce 6 MW DC of renewable energy. Additionally, 9,400 total linear feet of medium and DC voltage cabling were installed underground with precise spacing in the trench through the use of prefabricated components. This system is designed to meet the U.S. Air Force Academy’s stringent engineering design standards. This project was funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

Phase I of this design-build project included the installation of 14,612 roof-mounted solar panels on Buildings 20, 56 and 810 at the Denver Federal Center campus. These three roof-top arrays are tied to the existing electrical distribution system. The system is 3.2 MW DC. This project was funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

The 600 kW DC Cactus Garden Solar project consists of 2,112 photovoltaic modules on a 4-acre site and is the largest solar installation by a food manufacturer in Nevada. The Cactus Garden project generates renewable energy for the Ethel M® chocolate facility owned by the Mars Corporation. (Photos courtesy of juwi solar, inc.)

This 300 kW DC, design-build solar project was built at the Fort Carson Army Base. The array is located on several carport structures in the parking lot of a new Military Intelligence Battalion Headquarters building.

2MW distributed generation solar project behind the meter.

This solar project is expected to generate the equivalent of more than 30% of the Navy Air Weapons Station, China Lake's annual energy load. This will help to reduce costs by an estimated $13 million over the next 20 years. Responsibilities included: civil, metal erection, module installation, A/C, D/C, substation tie-in and management services.

Located on 160 acres in eastern Modesto, California, this photovoltaic system will power the equivalent of over 6,000 homes with renewable energy. BioStar and sister company, E Light, completed the electrical, AC, DC, and panel installation for this project.

This project is located on a 72,000 sf, raised seamed roof above a parking garage on the Camp Lejeune Marine Base. Onsite services included: racking installation, D/C, setting AC & DC equipment, module installation, DC array wiring, and DAS & MET Station monitoring and controls. Designed to withstand wind and seismic loads on the existing metal roof, using pre-engineered attachment methods.

This project is the nation's largest on-site solar installation at an end user-owned facility. The 171 acre site includes a ground-mount, single axis tacker installation. The solar photovoltaic system supplies power to a $1 billion dollar existing data center on the site. The scope of work included installation of driven and drilled piers, erection of the single-axis tracking system, PV module installation, SCADA, and all DC and AC electrical work.

This 160-acre project, located near Phoenix, included the installation of 61,920 panels on a ground-mount of an ATI tracker system. BioStar and E Light’s scope of work included module installation, A/C, D/C, and converter tie-in.

This is a 497KW ground mount solar project, which was built on an old gravel pit in Summit County, CO. BioStar and E Light’s responsibilities included module installation and converter tie-in.

The NC PV II Solar project is a 20MWac capacity and 25.05MWdc single-axis ground-mounted Solar Facility connected to Duke Energy. The project is located in Conover, NC, and covers approximately 115 acres. BioStar and E Light provided CM services, DC and MV electrical services, equipment signage, SCADA install, and commissioning of the facility.

This, 26 MW DC, the ground-mount solar project sits on approximately 160 acres outside of Bakersfield, CA. This project utilizes nearly 80,000 – 325 watt modules. E Light completed the electrical portion of this project and BioStar was the installer.

Fort Churchill is a very unique project in Yerington, NV approximately 50 miles southeast of Reno. This project uses mirrors to concentrate the sun’s power to a receiver which harnesses the energy.

Launch Development's project revamped the old Gateway 2000 retail shopping center in Overland Park, KS. In addition to renovating the retail storefront and commercial parking lot, BioStar Renewables provided exterior site lighting for 420 new apartment units.

Regulus, a 472 acre, 60.48 MW DC, is a single axis tracker project outside of Bakersfield, CA. This project utilizes over 248,000 modules. BioStar and E Light completed the electrical portion of this project including the module install electrical DC scope and MV copes of work.

Located in Lemoore, CA Henrietta solar farm is a 127.50 MW solar power plant. Scope included all electrical work and module installation. This project contains a new version of Oasis 3 Tracking System with improvements to the DC cable tray and larger 2 MW blocks.

Claremont is a 21.92 MW project located in Claremont, NC. The project included a difficult off-site overhead medium voltage line to the substation at 35 KV.

The Boonybrooke Solar Farm is located in Florence, AZ and covers approximately 282 acres. The project is 50MWac capacity and 62.64MWdc, the power plant is connected to SRP energy. Provided CM services, PV installation, DC and MV electrical services, Equipment Signage, SCADA Install, and Commissioning of the facility. The Solar Plant is a single axis ground-mounted Utility-scale solar project with approximately 144,000 solar panels.

Elm City is a 53.62 MW solar power plant located in North Carolina. This project utilizes First Solar's thin-film module technology mounted on a fixed-tilt racking system. It has a challenging 4-month construction schedule. E Light's scope of work will include all electrical work and module installation.

This multi-phase, 260 megawatt, thin-film, fixed position, solar project is located in Desert Center, California. E Light performed the electrical scope of work on this project. Desert Sunlight Solar Farm provides enough energy to serve the needs of about 160,000 average California homes.

Rooftop-mounted Photovoltaic systems totaling 1.85MWdc on four Colorado Target Stores. The stores are located in Arvada, Aurora, Edgewater and Englewood Colorado. These SunPower projects are part of Target’s initiative to put solar on 200 of their stores.

The Sulphur Springs Solar project is a 22.97 MW solar photovoltaic generation facility located in Cochise, AZ. The projects site is approximately 130 acres. Three of the nine blocks that complete the facility utilize a new proprietary voltage limiting device. It allows a 25% increase in modules per string, reducing the number of DC strings per MW of Solar.

The Victory Solar Project is a 15.90 MW project just north of Bennet, CO in Adams County. This project is situated on 160 acres. Notable structures on the site include a substation, an airport beacon, and overhead power lines. E Light installed the PV Modules in addition to the electrical work on this project.

E Light was responsible for all AC, DC, grounding, control wiring, module installation and wire management on this 25.37 MW tracker project. We also performed the lay out and conduit installation of 11 PCS inverter pads along with setting and connecting all equipment. This project utilized an above ground cable tray system for routing DC and control cabling that connected through an in ground concrete vault to the equipment pad. The medium voltage cables, however were all underground.

Bison Solar is a 36.31 MW photovoltaic electricity-generated facility located adjacent to the Rawhide Energy Plant, spanning nearly 250 acres north of Wellington, Colorado. BioStar installed PV modules and the electrical.

The Lamesa Solar Project is 100MWac capacity and 130.5MWdc single-axis ground mounted Solar Facility. The project is located in Lamesa, TX and covers approximately 887 acres in Dawson County. The project includes over 410,000 polycrystalline solar panels with BioStar's oversight of CM services, DC and MV electrical services, equipment signage, SCADA install, and commissioning of the facility.

The Antonito II Solar Project is 1,200KWac capacity and 1,500kWdc Single Axis Tracker Solar Facility. The project is located near Antonito, CO and covers approximately 12 acres in Conejos County. The project will have 4,760 solar panels. Provided CM services, DC and MV electrical services, pile and racking installation, equipment signage, perimeter fence, civil work, SCADA install, and commissioning of the facility.

The APS Paloma Solar Project is a 886kWdc fixed tilt ground mounted Solar Facility. The project is located in Gila Bend, AZ and covers approximately 8 acres. This project is an addition to the original Paloma project and contains 8,440 thin film solar modules. Provided construction management services, DC and MV electrical, pile and racking installation, equipment signage, SCADA install, and commissioning of the facility.

Penetrating Roof Mounted, Fixed Tilt System

Situated on 16 acres approximately 4 miles southwest of Temecula, CA sits the Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve (SMER) Research 1 Solar project, which serves the City of Temecula and Lake Elsinore with clean, renewable energy. The 3.7 MWdc project, which is powered by more than 10,000 photovoltaic (PV) modules, will displace over 4.5 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions per year, the equivalent of taking 971 cars off the road annually. The cities will purchase the clean energy generated by the solar farm to reduce the cost of power from the local utility company by approximately 15%.

In addition to the public benefits of lower electricity rates and obtaining electricity from a renewable source of power, SMER Research 1 and San Diego State University have agreed to conduct substantial academic research projects at the solar power generating facility site that will study solar radiation, solar energy, soils, and other meteorological and geotechnical data as well as habitat and habitat restoration after the contract ends.

BioStar provided the development, engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services, as well as ongoing operations and maintenance (O&M) and asset management services. California based contractor, Spectrum Energy Development Inc. played a pivotal role in site installation activities and services. The project created jobs for about 30 people at construction peak and can be looked at as an impetus for other solar research projects in California and helping to drive down the cost of solar energy.

BioStar acquired, owned and operated this New Jersey solar PV array from a project partner as a result of an exit. Our asset mangement team led customer communication, including monthly and quarterly production updates to ensure BioStar was meeting our requirements under the previously negotiated PPA. BioStar has since sold the portfolio in which this project resides.

Pennsauken School District Solar project completed construction and commenced operation in October of 2018. The project consisted of Solar PV, totaling 4MWdc, and roof replacements on 8 School buildings plus the Administrative Building in the Pennsauken School District. This project will generate over 4,500,000 kWh annually across all 9 properties for the next 25 years reducing the School DistrictÕs reliance on utility provided electricity.

In mid-2017, BioStar Organics, LLC formed a partnership with Perfect Blend, an Organic Fertilizer manufacturer and distributor located in Othello, WA to install and operate a facility that produces BioStarÕs Super Six 6-0-0 Liquid Organic Fertilizer Ñ utilizing BioStarÕs patented technology. The facility will produce approximately 500,000 gallons of produce annually and has contracted to see all of the production for the next five years.