The Great Lakes Loons, the minor league baseball crew supporting the Los Angeles Dodgers, has changed an current 20-year-old photo voltaic system on the Dow Diamond stadium in Midland, Michigan, with model new panels from JinkoSolar. The Jinko panels use polysilicon from close by Hemlock Semiconductor (HSC).
“Photo voltaic panels at Dow Diamond isn’t a brand new idea for us; we’ve at all times made each effort since floor was damaged on the stadium to be as power environment friendly as potential,” mentioned Loons President & Basic Supervisor Chris Mundhenk. “Sustainability and sports activities can share the identical subject and we’re lucky to have companions like HSC and Jinko Photo voltaic that share frequent values within the sustainability enviornment. Their generosity and experience in photo voltaic made this venture grow to be a actuality.”
The brand new system, put in by Blasy Electrical and situated on the south aspect of Dow Diamond close to the outfield car parking zone, replaces an older photo voltaic array that was put in on the stadium nearly 20 years in the past. The upgraded array options 80 of JinkoSolar’s high-efficiency EAGLE Modules, containing U.S. polysilicon from HSC. JinkoSolar’s EAGLE Protect takeback and recycling program has already recycled the decommissioned photo voltaic panels.
“We’re excited to crew up with the Loons and Hemlock Semiconductor to energy Dow Diamond with next-generation photo voltaic,” mentioned Nigel Cockroft, Basic Supervisor of JinkoSolar (U.S.). “These panels are constructed with polysilicon made proper right here in Michigan, proving that American supplies and JinkoSolar’s expertise can ship clear power and actual neighborhood affect. And whereas the unique photo voltaic panels weren’t ours, we made certain to recycle them by our EAGLE Protect program, as a result of sustainability doesn’t cease at set up.”
The brand new system will generate as much as 50,000 kWh for the ballpark yearly. SPW estimates the dimensions of the array at round 35 kW.
“We consider that sustainability begins at house, and Dow Diamond is a house base for thus many in our neighborhood,” mentioned Phil Rausch, Corning Division Vice President of Business for Photo voltaic and Hemlock Semiconductor Senior Vice President of Business. “This photo voltaic array harnesses probably the most reasonably priced power supply of the twenty first century, utilizing a basis manufactured from our hyper-pure polysilicon manufactured proper right here within the Nice Lakes Bay Area. We’re proud to help a venture that displays our shared values and delivers lasting advantages to the area we name house.”
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