Geronimo Energy

MISolar Portfolio Solar Farms - Michigan

​J. Ranck Electric (JRE) was contracted by Geronimo Energy, a National Grid Company, for the engineering, procurement, and construction of two ground-mounted solar arrays in Michigan. In total, The MiSolar Portfolio consists of 40 MW AC (60 MW DC) of solar power being generated at the two farms located in Clinton and Monroe Counties in central and southern Michigan. The power purchase agreement, being built by Geronimo Energy, will generate power and be locally used by Consumers Energy.

JRE’s contract included the installation of AC and DC electrical work including the installation of inverters, transformers/AC combiners, equipment pads and racks, and collection systems. JRE also installed the raceways and cabling for the NLS communication system for the array. Each site also had a 46 kV substation.

• 320 combiner boxes installed

• 21,255 posts installed

• (16) 35 kV transformers installed

• 79 tracking motors installed

• 18,839’ of fiber optic cable installed

• 1,922 gear boxes installed

• 16,080 linear feet of medium voltage cable installed (each linear foot has three cables)

Temperance, Michigan - 123 acre site

• 30 MW DC / 20 MW AC

• 74,790 Trina Bifacial Modules (390,395, and 400W)

• Racking: Array Technology Tracking System

• 962 rows of tracker system capable of turning 32 rows at once to follow the sun

• (160) 125kW Yaskawa Solectria XGI Inverters

Bingham - St. Johns, Michigan - 121 acre site

• 30 MW DC/ 20 MW AC

• 73,440 Trina Bifacial Modules (400W)

• Racking: Array Technology Tracking System

• 960 rows of tracker system capable of turning 32 rows at once to follow the sun

• (160) 125kW Yaskawa Solectria XGI Inverters