Department of Defense

U.S. Military Prequalifies Four-Company Consortium for Solar Bids

Submitted by aburr on Tue, 2014-05-06 12:23

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers pre-qualified a four-company team led by TransGen Energy to bid for solar projects at U.S. military installations throughout the United States and its territories. TransGen Energy is serving as prime contractor for the TransGen Solar Team. The team will deliver solar projects under PPAs with the U.S. Department of Defense. Another team member is ConEdison Solutions and will oversee and operate each installed solar facility. The third partner, Quanta Solar Solutions and they will install the awarded solar sites.

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Andrew Kosnaski and Ramesh (“Rudy”) Shankar

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Byline: 

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