Riverview Solar Technology Park in the Town of Tonawanda has installed a solar demonstration project with Du- Pont Apollo, which will test the technology in tough weather.

TM Montante Development, the developer of the business park, designed and installed the 5.7 kilowatt project. It will supply power for signs and lighting, offsetting nearly 100 percent of the power needs at the park’s entrance on River Road.

The project allows DuPont Apollo —a DuPont subsidiary—to test its silicon- based thin film photovoltaic technology’s performance in the cooler, harsher conditions of the Northeast. Its thin-film silicon solar panels have typically been installed outside the United States in southern climates.

Riverview Solar Technology Park will be part of today’s Solar Tour organized by the Western New York Sustainable Energy Association at sites around the region.