Texas Solar Power Co. received two, stimulus-funded contracts worth
$180,000 to install photovoltaic solar systems in national wildlife
refuges.
The contract awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will be used
for projects in the Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge south of
Amarillo and the San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge.
The agreement is part of four sourced from U.S. Recovery and
Reinvestment Act meant to generate electricity for the buildings on
refuges, according to the Wildlife Service.
In August, Texas Solar completed “SunFlowers — An Electric Garden,”
the city’s largest public art project. The electric garden comprises
15 sunflower sculptures that collect solar energy during the day and
illuminate at night. They extend for nearly 540 feet and tower 18 to 24
feet above a Mueller development’s hike and bike trail. They produce
more than 18,000 kilowatt hours of power each year.
