Denver international airport has four solar farms totaling over 10 mw including a 4 4 mw project commissioned in 2011 and owned by constellation.
Denver airport solar panels.
The airport has a total of 42 358 solar panels spread across 55 acres of solar fields.
The second and third solar arrays 1 6 mw north solar array and 4 5 mw solar arrray iii on dia property are located in the vicinity of the airport s fuel storage facility.
In total the vast solar farm generates 20 megawatts mw ac and 25 mw.
Being environmentally friendly is a core value at denver international airport den.
The solar power panels parking lot and battery system are a public private partnership between dia xcel and panasonic.
That s enough electricity to power over 2 500 typical denver area homes.
The system is expected to supply approximately 7 000 megawatt hours of electricity to dia each year utilizing approximately 19 000 yingli solar photovoltaic panels none listed see when people check in.
The solar iv array is located on the north side of dia s property and is capable of generating up to 2 megawatts or 3 1 million kilowatt hours of solar electricity annually.
Se provided civil structural and permitting services for these projects.
Dia also hosts to a second 1 6 mw system.
It provides an exciting venue for researching demonstrating testing and validating a broad range of solar technologies at the early commercial or near commercial stage of development.
Denver international airport photovoltaic system department of energy.
Since 2008 den has been committed to investing in on site renewable energy technology.
87 478 panels generate as much power as 3 650 homes would use.
Denver is a solar america city.
The solar technology acceleration center solartac is the largest test facility for solar technologies in the united states.
The 10 megawatts of denver international airport s solar panels generate enough electricity to power 2 500 homes.
Currently four photovoltaic solar arrays are operating on denver international airport property with a combined capacity of 10 megawatts mw.
During three phases the solar farm sprawled across 183 acres.
Solar technology acceleration center.
Dia s contribution was the 4 5 million parking lot and carport solar.
Some of the electricity produced is used directly at the airport and the rest is sold back to the grid.
Combined these projects provide more than 8 megawatts of energy for the airport.