{"id":8468,"date":"2018-10-14T00:08:21","date_gmt":"2018-10-14T05:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/?p=8468"},"modified":"2021-03-29T03:04:37","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T08:04:37","slug":"1-7-megawatt-solar-array-powered-up-on-bose-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/2018\/10\/14\/technology\/1-7-megawatt-solar-array-powered-up-on-bose-mountain\/","title":{"rendered":"1.7 Megawatt Solar Array Powered Up on Bose Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-medium wp-image-8469\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181013_SunPower_system_at_Bose_HQ-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181013_SunPower_system_at_Bose_HQ-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181013_SunPower_system_at_Bose_HQ.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption>A 1.7-megawatt SunPower solar project on \"The Mountain\" at Bose Corporation's headquarters in Massachusetts is now generating power.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FRAMINGHAM, MA<\/strong> - Bose Corporation has just brought a 1.7 megawatt solar installation online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fixed-tilt, ground mounted array of nearly 4000 solar panels is located on the&nbsp;southern side of what locals commonly refer to as \"Bose Mountain\" an industrial area&nbsp;off Route 9, near the Southborough town line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The array which was designed, constructed and financed by SunPower\u00ae (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunpower.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.sunpower.com<\/a>), is expected&nbsp;to generate 2.4 million kilowatt hours of energy per year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through a 20-year <em>Power Purchase Agreement<\/em>, SunPower will operate and maintain the solar installation&nbsp;which Bose anticipates will provide a substantial portion of the electricity needs for the Bose Mountain campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a press release describing the installation, Sam Nguyen, SunPower executive Vice President, Commercial Solar was&nbsp;quoted as saying <em>\"We're proud to be working with Bose to further advance solar development in the Commonwealth, and&nbsp;to support the company's [Bose] commitment to long-term sustainability as a leading global brand.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, contact:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Bose Corporation, The Mountain, Framingham, MA 01701, Tel: 1-508-879-7330, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bose.com\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bose.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.bose.com<\/a><\/li><li>SunPower, 262 Washington Street Suite 700, Boston, MA 02108, 1-800-SUNPOWER, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sunpower.com\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.sunpower.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.sunpower.com<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FRAMINGHAM, MA &#8211; Bose Corporation has just brought a 1.7 megawatt solar installation online. The fixed-tilt, ground mounted array of nearly 4000 solar panels is located on the&nbsp;southern side of what locals commonly refer to as &#8220;Bose Mountain&#8221; an industrial area&nbsp;off Route 9, near the Southborough town line. The array which was designed, constructed and financed by&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/2018\/10\/14\/technology\/1-7-megawatt-solar-array-powered-up-on-bose-mountain\/\">[read more]<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[221],"tags":[1634,1636,3934,3933,3935,3936],"class_list":["post-8468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-bose","tag-bose-mountain","tag-framingham-solar","tag-solar-power","tag-sun-power","tag-sunpower"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8468"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9396,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8468\/revisions\/9396"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}