UPS (Atlanta, GA, U.S.) on February 7th,
2017 announced plans to significantly escalate its investment in solar
energy as an owner/operator of solar photovoltaic (PV) assets starting
with at least eight of its facilities in the U.S.
The installations will be completed by the
end of 2017. The estimated USD 18 million investment will provide a
nearly five-fold increase in the amount of power generated from solar at
UPS facilities today.
UPS expects additional solar deployments to occur over the next several years as it identifies suitable opportunities.
The completion of these projects will expand UPS’s owned solar power generating capacity by almost 10 megawatts.
“Solar technology is a proven way to effectively and
efficiently provide long-term power to our facilities,” said Bill Moir,
director of Facilities Procurement, UPS. “We have a significant number
of facilities that are well positioned to deploy solar at scale and
increase our sustainable energy options for our buildings and electric
vehicles.”
UPS announced to purchase over 26,000 solar PV
panels during the expansion. Once installed, each building will
effectively produce 50 percent of its daily energy use via the sun.
source: http://www.solarserver.com
No comments:
Post a Comment