Commercial
Atlanta Motorsports Park
A large solar farm is coming to Atlanta Motorsports Park (AMP), a premier motorsports club in Dawsonville renowned for its F1-style road course and thrilling karting course. Located in...
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A large solar farm is coming to Atlanta Motorsports Park (AMP), a premier motorsports club in Dawsonville renowned for its F1-style road course and thrilling karting course. Located in Dawsonville, Ga., the AMP campus is adding solar power through an array of 747 panels, generating 480 watts per panel, for a total of 358 kilowatts (kW). That’s enough energy to power nearly 300 homes! This investment follows AMP’s attack on sustainability with the recent addition of EV chargers: 10 Level 3 DC Superchargers, and 8 Level 2. Coupled with all LED lighting, solar powered CCTV/Signs, on site water/wastewater treatment, and efficient fixtures show the commitment to making a positive environmental impact.
In AMP’s case, the solar installation will power about 60% of the campus’s daily operational needs with clean, renewable energy. It will be connected to 5 buildings, at the onset, including the karting facilities and the park’s newly constructed, member-exclusive Sky Deck.
Supporting local businesses, Hannah Solar acquired panels for AMP that were manufactured locally by Hanwha Q. Cells at their Dalton, Ga. fabrication plant. The array also makes use of SolarEdge inverters, in addition to racking hardware by Ironridge and Panelclaw.
The system represents a substantial investment in furthering the self-sustaining capabilities of AMP. Once the array goes live, the campus will be able to reduce strain on the local power grid while offsetting the environmental cost of over half of AMP’s operational needs.
AMP CEO Jeremy Porter was positively glowing about the announcement:
“The ability to generate over half of our energy needs through solar pushes us closer to our vision of making AMP’s campus its own self-sustaining community and resort. We are thrilled at our ability to reduce strain on the local grid while achieving a substantial positive environmental impact. The CEO of Amicalola EMC shared that this solar development at Atlanta Motorsports Park is the largest solar farm in his power region.”
Annually, the installation is capable of generating 450,300 kWh of clean energy, offsetting 7,312 pounds of CO2 emissions over a 30-year period, according to an estimation tool provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA’s calculations state this offset is equivalent to eliminating over 16.6 million miles of road vehicle travel, or akin to planting 109,600 trees.
With the help of consultants at Hannah Solar, the project was able to recoup 50% of its total costs using a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Energy for America Program Renewable Energy Systems, or REAP, Grant.