Atlanta Motorsports Park Amps Up Its Dawsonville Observe Campus With 358kW Photo voltaic Array

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A big photo voltaic farm is coming to Atlanta Motorsports Park (AMP), a premier motorsports membership in Dawsonville famend for its F1-style street course and thrilling karting course.

Positioned in Dawsonville, Ga., the AMP campus is including solar energy by way of an array of 747 panels, producing 480 watts per panel, for a complete of 358 kilowatts (kW). That’s sufficient vitality to energy practically 300 houses! This funding follows AMP’s assault on sustainability with the latest addition of EV chargers: 10 Stage 3 DC Superchargers, and eight Stage 2. Coupled with all LED lighting, photo voltaic powered CCTV/Indicators, on web site water/wastewater therapy, and environment friendly fixtures present the dedication to creating a constructive environmental impression.

In AMP’s case, the photo voltaic set up will energy about 60% of the campus’s every day operational wants with clear, renewable vitality. It will likely be linked to five buildings, on the onset, together with the karting amenities and the park’s newly constructed, member-exclusive Sky Deck. The photo voltaic vitality configuration is provided courtesy of Hannah Photo voltaic, an Atlanta-based photo voltaic set up and upkeep agency recognized for its high quality workmanship.

Supporting native companies, Hannah Photo voltaic acquired panels for AMP that have been manufactured regionally by Hanwha Q. Cells at their Dalton, Ga. fabrication plant. The array additionally makes use of SolarEdge inverters, along with racking {hardware} by Ironridge and Panelclaw.

The system represents a considerable funding in furthering the self-sustaining capabilities of AMP. As soon as the array goes dwell, the campus will have the ability to cut back pressure on the native energy grid whereas offsetting the environmental price of over half of AMP’s operational wants.

Yearly, the set up is able to producing 450,300 kWh of unpolluted vitality, offsetting 7,312 kilos of CO2 emissions over a 30-year interval, in accordance with an estimation device supplied by the U.S. Environmental Safety Company (EPA). The EPA’s calculations state this offset is equal to eliminating over 16.6 million miles of street car journey, or akin to planting 109,600 bushes.

AMP CEO Jeremy Porter was positively glowing in regards to the announcement. “The power to generate over half of our vitality wants by way of photo voltaic pushes us nearer to our imaginative and prescient of creating AMP’s campus its personal self-sustaining neighborhood and resort. We’re thrilled at our capacity to cut back pressure on the native grid whereas attaining a considerable constructive environmental impression. The CEO of Amicalola EMC shared that this photo voltaic growth at Atlanta Motorsports Park is the most important photo voltaic farm in his energy area.”

With the assistance of consultants at Hannah Photo voltaic, the challenge was in a position to recoup 50% of its whole prices utilizing a U.S. Division of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Vitality for America Program Renewable Vitality Methods, or REAP, Grant.

Porter emphasised how the experience and help of Hannah Photo voltaic proved invaluable in the course of the analysis, planning, design, and set up section. AMP’s photo voltaic vitality manufacturing may also be abetted by Hannah Photo voltaic’s long-term upkeep help.

Talking in regards to the challenge, Hannah Photo voltaic COO Joseph Waybright said: “Hannah Photo voltaic is thrilled to announce our partnership with Atlanta Motorsports Park (AMP) to implement a cutting-edge photo voltaic vitality system. Jeremy and the crew at AMP are devoted to lowering their carbon footprint by way of photo voltaic and different effectivity applied sciences, demonstrating the effectiveness of renewable vitality in an energy-intensive surroundings equivalent to a racetrack.”

Waybright additionally drew connections between AMP’s photo voltaic vitality improve and its embrace of the transition to electrical automobiles. “They will now boast photo voltaic powered charging by way of a number of stations positioned on web site,” creating cyclical advantages for lowering carbon emissions whereas counting on Georgia’s plentiful daylight to maintain the passionate motorsports neighborhood thriving nicely into the electrical car period.

“The crew at Hannah Photo voltaic is wanting ahead to a continued partnership with AMP as they push the envelope and rework the notion of the racing business,” Waybright concluded.

AMP plans on having photo voltaic vitality technology start as soon as set up and setup has concluded in Q3 2024. Its startup will coincide with the addition of karting course lighting, permitting karting occasions and races to proceed nicely into the evening. With the addition of residential CirCuit Villas, and Condos on the park lately, together with upgrades to member facilities, AMP also can function a weekend retreat or trip vacation spot for passionate motorsports lovers.

By bettering its vitality independence and environmental impression on the identical time, the park is taking measurable steps to make sure that motorsports will be loved sustainably by its members, occasion contributors, and every day guests. On this means, it each appears to be like to the previous of motorsports historical past and in direction of a future that now appears to be like brighter than ever.

Atlanta Motorsports Park

Atlanta Motorsports Park (AMP) is the primary inexperienced, sustainable motorsports nation membership of its form for prime efficiency vehicles, bikes and karts. Along with offering a driver’s haven for its members, Atlanta Motorsports Park presents non-public observe leases, company group choices in addition to the world’s most unusual kart observe.

Since its inception in 2012, AMP’s mission has been to make motorsports accessible in an surroundings that provides unmatched hospitality, world-class facilities and two of essentially the most technically difficult race circuits within the USA.

Its most important street circuit is a two mile lengthy street course that was designed by Method One observe architect Hermann Tilke. It was additionally voted a prime 10 observe in North America by ‘Highway and Observe Journal’. Constructed to the CIK Stage A/1 customary and that includes extra elevation modifications than any kart observe on the earth, AMP’s kart circuit supplies an unparalleled coaching base for skilled racers in addition to whole novices. Due to its distinctive kart and street racing amenities, AMP supplies a coaching proving floor and ladder to motorsports like no different venue within the USA.

About Hannah Photo voltaic 

Based in 2008, Hannah Photo voltaic supplies dependable and inexpensive vitality options to companies throughout the southeastern U.S. As a full-service supplier, we handle each side of the photo voltaic vitality course of—from procuring top-quality supplies to closing set up and ongoing upkeep. Hannah Photo voltaic is your single-source photo voltaic vitality provider.

However our dedication doesn’t finish there. We additionally associate with shoppers to boost vitality effectivity by way of the set up, monitoring, and upkeep of battery storage techniques, electrical car charging stations, and extra. Our objective is to considerably cut back vitality prices and provide help to obtain your sustainability targets.

Supply courtesy of Atlanta Motorsports Park (AMP)