Cincinnati Zoo Solar Panels

The greenest zoo in america will soon generate power from the sun.

Cincinnati zoo solar panels.

Historic vine street village. The combined 100 mw solar array will be approximately 1 000 acres or the equivalent of 750 football fields and contain more than 310 000 solar panels. The 100 mw solar farm will be installed roughly 40 miles east of downtown cincinnati in highland county ohio. Generate 100 of our energy needs onexceptionally sunny cool days even sending extra power back to the utility company.

Click here to view. During a press conference earlier today the cincinnati zoo and melink corporation announced the opening of a new 1 56 megawatt solar canopy the largest publicly accessible urban. This leed certified gold project features eco friendly building materials and high energy. Click here to view.

Watch this video to learn about the solar panels that you will park under when you visit the cincinnati zoo botanical garden. This spring cincinnati zoo botanical garden visitors will be greeted by the largest publicly accessible urban solar array in the country a 1 56 megawatt system with 6 400 panels installed on a canopy structure over the zoo s vine street parking lot. Cincinnati zoo and melink celebrate the largest publicly accessible urban solar array in the country. Materials and high energy efficiency.

Provide 30 of the zoo s current energy needs. The city of cincinnati will be buying renewable. Annually with renewable energy. At 1 56 megawatts it is the largest urban publicly accessible educational solar pv system in the nation.

The project will have arrays of more than 600 000 photovoltaic solar panels arranged in rows. Located above the zoo s main parking lot on vine street in cincinnati ohio the canopy consists of nearly 6 400 solar pv modules which contribute to approximately 20 of the zoo s total power needs. Using innovative solutions for commercial solar pv energy projects we partner with businesses of all sizes from 50kw to 50 mw and beyond to build ground mounted roof mounted or canopy solar arrays as a commercial solar epc engineering procurement and construction firm we are. Once complete according to a release from the city the 100 megawatt solar farm will provide renewable energy to all city facilities and serve city residents through the cincinnati electric.

Cincinnati oh may 9 2011 the greenest zoo in america is now officially generating power from the sun. We help commercial building owners produce clean sustainable solar power energy for their facilities.