Quanta Services (NYSE: PWR) awarded the declaration to Emerson for the zero-emission solar projects in Kings County, Calif. Quanta will provide the engineering, procurement, and building services for the facilities. The projects were developed by Eurus Energy America and are owned collectively by Eurus and NRG Solar, a subsidiary of NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG). Once accomplished in mid-2011, the installation will give 45 megawatts of renewable energy, which is adequate to power 36,000 homes when operating at full capacity. Offered by Emerson Industrial Automation`s Control Techniques business, the innovative inverters and advanced software convert DC power from photovoltaic arrays into AC power that is located on the electrical grid and exploited in homes and businesses. The inverters are controlled through Emerson`s state-of-the-art Inverter Management System, with overall plant control and interconnection with the electrical grid provided by Emerson Process Management`s Ovation™ distributed control system. "Emerson`s unique architecture and software platform will enable us to maximize energy yield, improve inverter life, and increase reliability," said Mark E. Anderson, president and chief executive officer of Eurus Energy America. "Those technologies, paired with Emerson`s financial stability and dependable, long-term inverter warranty, provided a uniquely attractive package well-suited to this large-scale PV facility." "As the system integrator, Quanta looks for suppliers that make a flexible design, a report for meeting delivery commitments, and a willingness to stand behind their product," said Chris Laursen, chief executive officer of Quanta Renewable Energy Services. "Emerson met these criteria, which are vital to timely project completion." Earlier this year, Emerson launched companywide initiatives designed to capitalise on the many technologies it delivers to solar and wind projects globally. Mark Bulanda, president of Emerson`s Control Techniques business, is serving as world leader for these Emerson initiatives and is coordinating the company`s activities for jazz and solar energies across key Emerson businesses, including Emerson Network Power, Emerson Process Management, and Emerson Industrial Automation. "Solar and wind energies offer significant growth opportunities for Emerson worldwide," Bulanda said. "And our study with the Eurus Energy America project in California is only one case of the many ways that Emerson is helping make alternative energy projects a reality throughout the world. Many of our businesses are focused today on development and delivering technologies for solar and wind projects." Emerson will be showcasing the comprehensiveness of its renewable energy technologies for the solar sector at the Solar Power International league and exhibition in Los Angeles from Oct. 12-14. In gain to the Emerson inverters used in large-scale facilities like the Eurus Energy America project, Emerson technologies to be demonstrated include Emerson Network Power`s inverters for use in residential and small-business applications, as good as Emerson Process Management`s Ovation distributed control organisation for solar power plants and Ovation SCADA for large-scale photovoltaic facilities.