{"id":49485,"date":"2023-05-11T18:08:37","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T22:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=49485"},"modified":"2023-05-11T18:08:37","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T22:08:37","slug":"rooftop-solar-us-manufacturing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=49485","title":{"rendered":"Rooftop solar could power up to 35% of US\u00a0manufacturing\u00a0\u2013 study"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rooftop\u00a0solar arrays on industrial buildings could potentially meet the electricity demands of up to 35% of US\u00a0manufacturing\u00a0sectors annually, according to a newly released study.<\/p>\n

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The study<\/a> is published in IOP Publishing\u2019s journal\u00a0Environmental Research: Sustainability and Infrastructure<\/em><\/a>. It investigates the feasibility of meeting electricity demands with onsite solar panel installations for different regions and\u00a0US manufacturing\u00a0sectors.<\/p>\n

The study, led by Northeastern University researchers, uses the US Department of Energy\u00a0Manufacturing\u00a0Energy Consumption Survey to compare the potential electricity generation of\u00a0rooftop\u00a0solar arrays against the electricity demand per unit of floor space for the average manufacturing building. <\/p>\n

The researchers found that\u00a0rooftop\u00a0solar arrays could completely fulfill the electricity requirement of 5% to 35% of US\u00a0manufacturing\u00a0sectors. Further,\u00a0manufacturing\u00a0companies across nearly 40% of US locations could fulfill their electricity needs in the spring and summer with\u00a0rooftop\u00a0solar arrays.<\/p>\n

Dr. Matthew Eckelman, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at Northeastern University, said: <\/p>\n

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Currently, less than 0.1% of the electricity required by the\u00a0manufacturing\u00a0sector in the US is generated through renewable, onsite sources. This must change if we are going to meet decarbonization goals, and in many cases\u00a0rooftop\u00a0solar panels are now a feasible option for supplying low-carbon energy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The new study shows that\u00a0rooftop\u00a0solar panels are a good option for many\u00a0manufacturing\u00a0units due to their large, flat\u00a0rooftops\u00a0alongside falling prices, improved efficiencies, and flexibility in installation. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Despite having the potential to cover 13.6% of US electricity demand,\u00a0rooftop\u00a0solar overall currently accounts for just 2.2% of the electricity grid mix.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Photo: Hormer Millworks<\/em><\/p>\n

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Rooftop\u00a0solar arrays on industrial buildings could potentially meet the electricity demands of up to 35% of US\u00a0manufacturing\u00a0sectors annually, according to a newly released study. The study is published in IOP Publishing\u2019s journal\u00a0Environmental Research: Sustainability and Infrastructure. It investigates the feasibility of meeting electricity demands with onsite solar panel installations for different regions and\u00a0US manufacturing\u00a0sectors. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}