Global cutting tool leader and local agencies to host special event on April 8, 2011
Lenoir City, Tennessee, April 4, 2011 - On April 8, Seco Tools will host business leaders and federal, state and local officials at an event inaugurating a new solar photovoltaic (PV) system in Lenoir City, Tennessee. Owned by Seco Tools, the new 29.6 kilowatt (kW) solar PV system was developed, designed and constructed by Efficient Energy of Tennessee, LLC (EETN) of Powell.

Installed at Seco Tools’ Lenoir City production facility, the system is comprised of 126 SHARP solar modules manufactured in Memphis, using AGC Flat Glass manufactured in Kingsport. Seco Tools was awarded energy grant funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which was applied to the total system cost.

The Sharp NU-U235F1 solar modules deployed in this 29.61 kW top-of-pole mount PV system were installed with the support of the Lenoir City Utilities Board (LCUB) and Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) under the TVA Generation Partners Program.  It is anticipated the solar power array will generate 37,067 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of clean, emissions-free energy annually.  This amount of power is equivalent to powering more than 3 average Tennessee homes annually.

“Globally, Seco Tools has focused a great deal of attention on minimizing our impact on the environment,” says Kurt Nordlund, President of...