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Project Overview |
Location: Temescal, CA
Installation Type: Custom Solar Shade Canopies
Size: 1.75 Megawatts |
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Opportunity |
To design and build a series of custom elevated parking structures for recreational vehicles (RV) integrating a 1.75 megawatt DC photovoltaic solar system in rural Riverside County, California adjacent to the City of Corona. In addition to power generation, the structure will also be used to provide RVs covered storage and protection from the environment at the site. Once completed, the new solar system and structures at the Temescal Canyon RV Storage facility would be the largest of its kind in the world to date. This is the second project SPI will be executing for the property management group that is developing the facility. In 2008, SPI developed a 160 kW at a storage facility on the property adjacent to the RV storage center.
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| Solution |
SPI designed a custom parking shade structure with very unique features; most notably the structure’s size makes it a remarkable feature in the local community. Covering more than 2.5 acres with solar-panel-crowned shade structures standing a maximum of 21 feet high with a two-degree slope to optimize production while accommodating the height of full-sized RVs. The RV storage facility consists of 400 stalls of which 280 offer covered RV parking and year-round weather protection.
One of the more unique environmental benefits of shade structure systems is the reduction in the heat islanding effect they produce. Heat islanding is associated with large open asphalt parking areas. The structures shade expansive asphalt parking areas and reduce heat buildup while also generating electricity – the end result is a true economic and environmental win-win solution for the facility.
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| Results |
| The Temescal Canyon RV Storage facility’s system has been successfully installed. It is one of SPI’s newest installations; updates will be added to this case study as system production metrics accumulate and/or system expansion occurs. |
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