Projects
Recent Projects
Daystar works in a variety of energy-related development areas. Our background in solar and renewable energy resources provided the direction for the company. In order to accomplish the goals and objectives of our clients, Daystar has developed skills in other related areas such as community development, economic development, grant writing, project management, and grant administration.
Yavapai Apache Medical Facility Solar Power System
Daystar Consulting provided project consulting services to the Yavapai-Apache Community Development and Tribal Energy programs to design and build the largest Photovoltaic power system on tribal land in the US. The project functions as an uninterruptible power supply for selected electrical loads in the clinic and sells back excess solar power to the local utility. The project also included a community service component to lay the groundwork for a tribal electric utility and conduct solar educational activities for the tribal leaders, community members and local school children.
Hualapai Grand Canyon West Power Project
Daystar Consulting is the project manager for the development of 5 miles of underground power distribution system and a 250kilowatt Solar hybrid power plant. Grand Canyon west is the tourism enterprise of the Hualapai Tribe located on the western end of the Grand Canyon. Grand Canyon West is the closest tourism destination to Las Vegas. The Hualapai Tribe has over 150,000 visitors to the area annually and provides for them without the benefit of grid power. The project will eliminate the need for diesel gensets and establish a solar powered microgrid that may eventually be connected to a nearby wind farm. The Hualapai Tribe, as stewards of the Grand Canyon is committed to environmentally and culturally appropriate development of this pristine site on the rim of the Grand Canyon that is their ancestral home.
The project is currently developing the underground electric distribution system. Proposals will be solicited from solar hybrid power system technology developers to build the solar power plant. The system must provide reliable, grid quality, power and be expandable to meet the growing demand at Grand Canyon West. The project is an excellent opportunity for technology developers to demonstrate their new technologies in a real world utility microgrid system.
Yavapai Apache Power Reliability Study
One of the first projects in which Daystar Consulting provide services to the Yavapai Apache Nation was a power quality and Reliability study at the Middle Verde Reservation Daycare Center. The Verde Valley of central Arizona suffered through every summer with numerous weather-related power outages. Through the U.S. Department of Energy, Municipal Energy Management Program, Urban Consortium Energy Task Force, the Tribe contracted to monitor the utility power on the reservation for one year using power monitoring equipment loaned by the Western Area Power Administration.
For comparison, a 1 kilowatt tracking PV uninterruptible power supply was connected to selected critical loads such as phones, lights, fire protection, and computers. During the monitoring period, the equipment recorded hundreds of power outages lasting for a few seconds to several hours. There were no unscheduled outages recorded on the solar UPS system during the same period thus demonstrating the reliability of modern PV technology. On the power quality side, the equipment recorded, literally thousands of anomalies such as voltage sags and spikes while the PV system with its trace inverter delivered clean power. The project also served as an educational experience for tribal leaders and the community demonstrating the ability of solar technology to keep the daycare center open during power outages that would normally have caused them to close.
Chilocco Wind Farm layout
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