Bombard Renewable Energy

Bombard Renewable Energy is an American provider of renewable energy services. Bombard's primary services include the design, financing, construction, installation, operations and maintenance of solar photovoltaic ("PV") energy systems. Additionally, Bombard also performs energy efficiency audits and designs and constructs mobile solar PV charging stations.

Bombard Renewable Energy
IndustryRenewable Energy
FoundedRenewable Energy Division of Bombard Electric, LLC began in 2006
Headquarters
Las Vegas, Nevada[1]
,
U.S.
Area served
Nationwide (United States)
Key people
Bo Balzar Operations Manager
Ken Kefalas President
Terry Bombard Vice President
Number of employees
Over 1,000
SubsidiariesBombard Renewable Energy
Bombard Electric
Bombard Mechanical
WebsiteBombard Renewable Energy

History

Bombard Renewable Energy, located in Las Vegas, Nevada, is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of MDU Resources Group, Inc.[2] ("MDU"). Bombard Electric, LLC, founded in 1982 and acquired by MDU in 2005, later added the renewable energy division, Bombard Renewable Energy, in 2006. Bombard Renewable Energy has installed more than 70 Megawatts of Solar PV systems in Nevada and nationwide, both in the public and private sector. In 2012 Bombard was ranked 13th on Solar Power World's Top 100 Solar Contractors list.

Bombard's staff includes four (4)North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners ("NABCEP") PV Installers, two (2) of the first NABCEP certified Technical Sales staff in the United States, as well as the nation's second Underwriters Laboratories (UL) certified PV installer.

Outreach

In 2009 Bombard donated and installed a 3 kilowatt Solar PV system at the Shade Tree Shelter in Las Vegas, consisting of 14 solar photovoltaic modules. The system was installed on the roof of Noah's animal house, The Shade Tree's animal shelter. The shelter will produce about 6000 or more Kilowatts per year which will save them up to $500 per month from their monthly average energy bill of $5,000.[3]

Major Projects
Nellis Solar Power Plant
Las Vegas Water District's Ronzone Reservoir
West Career and Technical Academy Las Vegas
Roof of the Vegas PBS building
911 Emergency Expansion for LV Metro Police

In 2007, Bombard installed 11% of all grid-tied Solar Photovoltaic systems nationwide, to include an installation of 14 megawatts Nellis Solar Power Plant that generates about 25 million kilowatt-hrs of electricity and is located in the Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas. Bombard is also a partner with the local utility, NV Energy.

Nellis Air Force Base

14.2 Megawatt Ground Mount, Single Axis Tracking System.[4]SunPower contracted Bombard to conduct R&D and to perform the installation of all solar PV and electrical equipment.

City of Las Vegas

3.5 Megawatt Ground Mount, Single Axis Tracking System for Water pollution Control Facility.

Las Vegas Valley Water District

3.1 Megawatts for various reservoirs (in conjunction with PowerLight Corporation).[5]

Las Vegas Water District's Ronzone Reservoir

800 Kilowatt Ground Mounted Photovoltaic System (with PowerLight Corporation)

Clark County School District

690 Kilowatts of Photovoltaic Systems on eleven different schools.

Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy

511 Kilowatts Photovoltaic System using ballasted roof mounted and covered parking mounting solutions.

Springs Preserve

400 Kilowatt Photovoltaic System(with PowerLight Corporation).[5]

PBS Educational Technology Campus

182 kW PV system which consists of 792 SunPower SPR-230WHT solar modules. Generating approximately 73,600 kWh/yr.[6][7]

UNLV, Greenspun College of Urban Affairs

135 Kilowatt Design-Build Photovoltaic System.[5]

Ryan Operations Center (Nevada Power Co.)

115 Kilowatt Design-Build Photovoltaic System.

Las Vegas-Clark County Library District

103 Kilowatt Photovoltaic System using Ballasted roof mounted solution.

Sierra Plaza (Sierra Pacific Power Company Reno, NV)

90 Kilowatt Design-Build Photovoltaic/Wind Hybrid System.

Las Vegas Metro Police Department

Three locations totaling 90 kilowatts of Off-Grid Photovoltaic System using Fixed Ground Mounted solution.[8]

See also

References
  1. CC assessors office Archived 2009-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "History". Bombardelectric.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2012-03-26.
  3. "Powered by Google Docs". Docs.google.com. Retrieved 2012-03-26.
  4. Sweet, Phoebe. "Solar pioneer proudly a 'green' poster boy - Wednesday, March 26, 2008 | 2 a.m." Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved 2012-03-26.
  5. Shemeligian, Bob (2007-04-16). "Las Vegas Business Press :: News : Company hopes to 'Bombard' the valley with solar power". Lvbusinesspress.com. Archived from the original on 2009-05-17. Retrieved 2012-03-26.
  6. http://www.nvenergy.com/renewablesenvironment/environment/pdf/clark_station_consent_decree.pdf
  8. "RELEASE: Clean Energy Jobs Tour". Americanprogressaction.org. 2009-08-05. Retrieved 2012-03-26.
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