- The project includes three rooftop solar arrays, five solar carports and 7,324.8 kWh battery storage.
A renewable energy project containing solar and storage has been completed at the Campus of Brigham Young University-Hawaii in Laie on the island of Oahu. Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions was the project developer.
According to Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions, the project includes three rooftop solar arrays, five solar carports and 7,324.8 kWh of battery storage using Tesla Megapacks. A 6.37 MWh of energy is expected to be generated from the project every year, which will be sufficient for 39% of the university’s energy demands.
The company was in charge of designing and constructing the system, and a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) was signed with the university.
The project will reduce BYU-Hawaii’s environmental impact and its reliance on the local grid. “The combination of solar and battery storage is a smart solution that will allow us to support our students and their education more sustainably by potentially saving the university over USD 20 million in utility costs over the system’s life,” said operations vice president Kevin Schlag.