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Printable Version Sun Shines on FedEx Facilities
FedEx has installed new solar-electric systems at two more of its main stations in California. The systems will provide a substantial portion of each facility’s peak energy needs and reduce their dependence on electricity. At the FedEx service centre in Whittier for example, 1,445 panels manufactured by BP Solar were fitted on 22,000 square feet of the facility’s roof space. The 282 kilowatt (kW) solar power system has the capacity to produce over 414,000 kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity each year, providing almost 40 percent of the facility’s annual energy needs. Installation of a similar system at the Fontana terminal is nearly complete.
In 2005, FedEx installed a 904 kW system at its Oakland hub facility that meets up to 80 percent of that facility’s peak energy demand and produces power equivalent to that used by more than 900 homes during the daytime.
FedEx recognises that effective environmental management is one of its most important corporate priorities. As a global transportation industry leader, FedEx believes strongly in progressive environmental stewardship and resource sustainability. Employing technologies that reduce energy use and increase efficiency at our facilities underlines the value FedEx assigns to doing what’s right for the environment now.
Combined environmental benefits from the two new FedEx solar-energy systems, based on a projected annual reduction of 610 metric tons of CO2 emissions, are equivalent to one of the following*:
- 112 passenger cars not driven for one year
- 69,240 gallons of gasoline not burned
- 1,419 barrels of oil not consumed
- 80.8 households’ electricity use for one year
- 15,641 tree seedlings grown for 10 years
- 4.3 acres of forest preserved from deforestation
* Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator