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DuPont Installs its Largest Solar Panel Array to Generate Energy Needs at Research Facility

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

DuPont has announced the installation of its largest photovoltaic solar energy facility at its Pioneer Hi-Bred Waimea Research Center in Kauai, Hawaii. The Waimea photovoltaic installation is comprised of 1,500 panels – made from several DuPont photovoltaic materials — produced by Evergreen Solar and installed by REC Solar. The one-acre array is capable of generating about 85 percent of the energy needs of the research facility. It is expected to generate 706,205 kilowatt hours (kwh) an...

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