Ameresco awarded $7.9M U.S. Army contract

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By Laura Finaldi

HSGS-Ameresco, LLC has been awarded a $7.9-million contract to design and construct a new solar energy system for the U.S. Army.

The entity, a joint venture of Framingham-based Ameresco and Hannah Solar Government Services of South Carolina, will design and construct a 1.5-megawatt, ground mount, solar photovoltaic system at the Army’s Tooele Army Depot in Tooele, Utah.

The idea is to help the military base cut down on the electrical costs it incurs annually with traditional power sources, according to a press release from HSGS-Ameresco on Tuesday. Tooele Army Depot, which opened in 1942, is primarily a storage site for reserve and training ammunition, the release said.

HSGS-Ameresco, LLC is a partnership between the two companies that came from the U.S. Small Business Administration Mentor Protégé program, where eligible small businesses partner with more experienced companies so the smaller entity can gain exposure and win government contracts. Ameresco is the mentor in this situation as it has experience in bringing cleantech solutions to the federal government.

The companies previously worked together on contracts for the Army, the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, and NASA.

Construction on the solar photovoltaic system at Tooele is scheduled to start this summer and be completed by fall.