Firestone Walker seeks to bring solar energy to campus
–The Paso Robles City Planning commission is hearing a request by Firestone Walker on March 12 to construct a 2.1-megawatt (MW) solar ground-mounted single axis tracker
system and a 277 kilowatt (kW) solar carport system for Firestone.
The proposed solar project would consist of construction of a 2.1-megawatt (MW) solar ground mounted single-axis tracker system and a 277-killowatt (kW) solar carport system, within the overall Firestone Campus at the northern end of Ramada Drive, east of US Highway 101. The larger ground mount system is located on approximately 9.7-acres of an overall 39-acre open field located east of Firestone’s main building operations, near the water treatment ponds. The 277 kilowatt (kW) carport system is proposed within an existing parking lot and will cover approximately 14,000 square feet of the overall 2.77-acre parcel
According to the Solar Energy Industries Association, the number of homes powered by a MW of solar energy depends on average sunshine, electricity consumption, temperature and wind, but nationally, an average of approximately 164 homes can be powered per MW.
View the complete project proposal here.
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