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one megawatt, which at peak production will reduce the plant’s electricity use from outside sources by 25%. It also reduces CO2 emissions by 1,000 metric tons per year.
“Frito-Lay is a tremendous example of a corporation showing its commitment to sustainability by taking advantage of unused roof space to implement a powerful renewable energy system,” said Brian Harrison, CEO, Solyndra. “They now have a large clean, quiet, emission-free power plant on their roof, making the sun a great additional ingredient in their products.”
In addition to Solyndra, the system was installed with the support of Panelized Structures, a Solyndra Certified Solutions Provider and Pacific Solar Energy.
“Frito-Lay wanted to install solar on their rooftop and the Solyndra system was the best match for their requirements,” said Keith Coonce, President, Panelized Structures Inc. (Panelized Solar). “The fast and easy installation of Solyndra panels ensured minimal business disruptions and allowed us to meet a very aggressive installation deadline.”
The rooftop PV system is the second solar project at the Modesto facility. In 2008, the Modesto facility unveiled a five-acre solar concentrator field made up of 54,000 square feet of concave mirrors. The solar energy captured by the 384 solar collectors is used to generate steam that helps heat the cooking oil used in the SunChips manufacturing process. Since 2000, the facility’s resource conservation program has reduced its use of electricity by 19%, natural gas consumption by 30% and water by 44% per pound of produced product.
In July, the Modesto plant achieved LEED Existing Buildings Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and verified by the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI). LEED is the nation’s preeminent program for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings.
Headquartered in Fremont, California, Solyndra designs and manufactures photovoltaic systems, comprised of panels and mounts, for the commercial rooftop market. Using proprietary cylindrical modules and thin film technology, Solyndra’s light weight, non-penetrating systems
are designed to provide simple and easy installations and the lowest cost of electricity for typical low slope commercial rooftops.
RFMD Expands Foundry to Include GaAs Technologies in Europe
The firm will provide a full suite of Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) Pseudomorphic High Electron Mobility Transistor (pHEMT) technologies to customers of its Foundry Services business unit.
RF Micro Devices (RFMD), a major designer and manufacturer of high-performance radio frequency components and compound semiconductor technologies, has announced that it has added Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) technology to its foundry services portfolio.
The firm will begin providing a full suite of GaAs Pseudomorphic High Electron Mobility Transistor (pHEMT) technologies to customers of its Foundry Services business unit.
Specifically, RFMD will make available three distinct GaAs pHEMT technologies optimized for high power, low noise and RF switching products. RFMD’s 0.3-micron pHEMT technology delivers high power and is optimized for X-band phased array power amplifiers (PAs) and 8-16 GHz wideband military electronic warfare jammers.
The firm’s 0.25-micron pHEMT technology delivers low noise, medium power and high linearity and is targeted at applications including low noise front ends and transmitter MMICs. RFMD’s 0.6-micron pHEMT technology provides low noise and high linearity switching of RF signals and is designed for applications including wireless front ends and transmit/receive modules.
All of the process technologies are manufactured in RFMD’s Newton Aycliffe, United Kingdom fab, providing RFMD’s Foundry Services customers access to European technology with ease of European import/export controls.
RFMD currently provides Foundry Services customers access to two of RFMD’s gallium nitride (GaN) process technologies from its Greensboro,
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