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Old Dominion Installs 1.8 MW Rooftop Solar Power System

  • Old Dominion Freight Line has installed rooftop solar panels on its warehouse in Thomasville, North Carolina, the first solar panel system in the company’s nationwide network of facilities.The 1.8 megawatt system, comprised of 7,660 individual solar panels that completely cover the company’s 160,000 square feet roof, is the third-largest rooftop solar panel project of its kind in North Carolina. The system, which has been operating since late December, can produce more than 2.2 million kilowatt hours of electricity a year−enough to offset more than 90 percent of the building’s annual energy costs.
  • This results in an environmental benefit of reducing CO2 emissions by a projected 1,547 metric tonnes, or the equivalent of:

·         Saving 173,380 gallons of gas

·         Providing electricity to 193 homes

·         Removing 303 passenger vehicles from the road

·         Preventing 15.3 acres of trees from deforestation or

·         Not consuming 3,597 barrels of oil.

  • “The solar panel system is a sound investment for Old Dominion from both an economic and environmental perspective,” said Jayna Long, Manager of Sustainability at Old Dominion.

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