Fischer Properties: Depot Park
Project Overview
| Location | Fischer Properties: Depot Park, Sacramento, CA |
|---|---|
| Size | 3 megawatt (MW) DC |
| Type | Ground mounted tracking solar power system, using TTi Sunseeker® Tracker |
| Completion | December 2010 |
| Generation | Equivalent to approx. 40% of the electricity used at the Depot Park facility |
| Equivalent to | Providing power to up to 456 average American homes annually |
The Opportunity
Fischer Properties: Depot Park, the former Sacramento U.S. Army Depot in the heart of the Sacramento, covers 3 million square feet and is home to commercial and industrial tenants. The 15 acre solar power system, built on a designated enterprise zone and redevelopment area, provided the opportunity to convert an unusable brownfield into a solar brightfield.
The Solution
The solar power system is a creative solution to maximize land space and transform a previously contaminated, unusable site into a power producing, green energy field. SPG Solar partnered with Fischer Properties, owner and manager of Depot Park, East West Bank to finance the system and Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) the local utility, to benefit from the solar incentive program.
Noteworthy Achievement
The installation is one of the largest ground-mounted tracking solar power projects in California and the only one located at a Superfund Site within a redeveloped military facility.*
Solar Power Generation
- The solar power system produces over 5,065,000 kilowatt hours (kWh) annually, providing energy during peak hours of the day, when electricity loads and prices are at the highest. The system will meet approximately 40 percent of the Depot’s electric load.
- The solar system requires minimal maintenance, runs silently, and has an expected operating life of 25 years or more.
Environmental Benefits
- Adds up to 95 green jobs in the community
- Produces enough electricity to power 458 average American homes year after year
- Reduces greenhouse gases by 94,451 tons over the 25 year warranted life of the solar panels
- Equivalent to removing 696 cars from our congested highways yearly
*At time of completion
Read recent news about the project and solar system.
