Bobby Bowling looks at the pair of inverters that connect to Top Flight’s solar array. Top Flight, a company that manufactures notebooks and paper goods, has a large array of solar panels on its rooftop.
Staff photo by Jake Daniels/Chattanooga Times Free PressWhat: A 200 kilowatt-hour solar photovoltaic system on the roof of a warehouse and manufacturing facility in Chattanooga
Company: Top Flight Inc., a paper products manufacturer
Location: Top Flight’s Chattanooga warehouse and manufacturing facility are on Central Avenue near downtown Chattanooga
How’s it green: The system is the largest allowable under TVA’s Generation Partners program. TVA will buy the excess power from the system. Solar power is the cleanest of all renewable energy technologies, with zero emissions.
Why do it this way? Inman Solar, a Chattanooga-based company, installed the solar panels using 25 local employees, the company said. The solar panels help offset higher demand during hot days, feeding extra power back into the grid.