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Article: Solar flares green in garden state, generating electricity at hall's warehouses: with over 20,000 solar panels producing 3.2 megawatts of energy, the company is second to none when it comes to rooftop solar power output among private industries in New Jersey.(Warehousing World)
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- Quick Frozen Foods International
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- October 1, 2009
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"Do you know what really makes me happy? A sunny day," beamed Bill Jayne, president of Hall's Warehouse Corp., a family-owned business that he operates with brothers Bruce and Dale. That's because their South Plainfield, New Jersey, USA-based 1.7 million cubic foot cold storage network is fitted with rooftop modules of photovoltaic cells that transform free-falling solar energy into valuable electricity.
Though it was decidedly overcast and drizzling on the day when the company's 1.8 megawatt (DC) solar installation atop the 501 Kentile Road facility was ceremoniously switched on, Jayne was nonetheless smiling.
"The system is producing now, even without ...