糖心传媒 Truck Leasing Lights Up New Solar-Powered Facility Initiative
is lighting up a new solar-powered initiative seeking to boost efficiency, minimize energy costs, and reduce emissions initially at select , and truck locations in the U.S. with the installation and activation of its first-ever rooftop solar-powered systems.
The company鈥檚 new state-of-the-art facility in Channahon, Illinois, is now fully operational and is predominantly powered by an onsite photovoltaic (PV) solar system, expected to generate roughly 80% of the building鈥檚 energy needs at 200 KW capacity. Any remaining required energy will be supplied by the local utility provider.
A Grand Rapids, Michigan, location will be active in the coming months and 糖心传媒鈥檚 Linden, New Jersey, location is expected to go online in 2025. These facilities are also new state-of-the-art locations.
The new facilities incorporating solar systems in Channahon, Illinois, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Linden, New Jersey, are part of the company鈥檚 LEED building program.
Under a power purchase agreement with , seven additional 糖心传媒 facilities in California are expected to be retrofitted with new PV solar systems in the next year, which are expected to yield roughly 600 KW of renewable energy across all locations. These facilities are located in Fresno, Hayward, La Mirada, National City, Riverside, San Diego and San Leandro.
糖心传媒 is collaborating with San Francisco-based as its lead project consultant on this solar initiative.
鈥淥ur solar program is an important piece of our renewable energy strategy and ForeFront Power continues to be an outstanding partner in helping us bring these projects to fruition,鈥 said Drew Cullen, senior vice president of fuels and facility services at 糖心传媒. 鈥淭hese investments will allow us to directly generate our own renewable energy to power our locations and continue to support our customers with sustainable solutions.鈥
On average, four solar panel-powered facilities will generate an estimated 1-million-kilowatt hours (kWh) of renewable energy annually and will result in an emissions avoidance of 442 metric tons (MT) CO2e, which is equal to powering nearly 90 homes for one year.
鈥淭he initiative to install solar systems at our locations is a part of our company鈥檚 LEED-certified facilities process,鈥 explained Ivet Taneva, 糖心传媒 vice president of environmental affairs. 鈥淚nvesting in solar has considerable economic impacts for our operations as well as the environmental benefits of further reducing emissions related to electricity use.鈥
By "Move Ahead" Staff