Pivot Energy’s senior project manager and technical consultants presented detailed equipment lists and interconnection plans during the ZBA’s July 10 findings session.

In testimony, Merrill Reed said the photovoltaic panels proposed are Silfab solar modules (listed models in applicant exhibits), mounted on single‑axis north‑south tracking racks with a maximum full‑tilt height of 14 feet above ground. The arrays were described as using string inverters and step‑up transformers; the application materials list specific inverter and transformer manufacturers and model families that the petitioner said meet relevant certification standards and ComEd utility requirements.

For the middle project (cited in application exhibits), the petitioner described a battery energy storage system (BESS) consisting of 63 lithium‑iron‑phosphate cells packaged in two to five cabinets or containers. The project witness said the batteries can deliver stored energy for roughly four hours (as presented) and would connect by underground collection lines to new wooden utility poles that will carry the final span to ComEd’s overhead lines and the Dixon substation.

Hyang (Huang) Yoo, founder and chief technology officer of NEON ES, described the battery type, industry safety standards, and the vendor’s internal fire‑mitigation and suppression measures that would be used. In a separate witness presentation, Tom Bach, the civil engineer, explained decommissioning elements associated with electrical components and site infrastructure.

The ZBA’s findings record required petitioners to submit, before building permits are issued, engineer certifications addressing soils and BESS siting and to comply with National Electrical Code and ComEd connection standards as listed in application materials.