Cincinnati Zoo Solar Panels

The 6 400 solar panels located in the zoo s vine street parking lot convert sunlight into usable clean energy producing about 20 of the zoo s needed energy and on sunny cool days send power back to the utility company.

Cincinnati zoo solar panels.

Construction has started on a massive solar photovoltaic project in brown county about 40 miles east of downtown cincinnati. Click here to view. The greenest zoo in america will soon generate power from the sun. This spring cincinnati zoo botanical garden visitors will be greeted by the largest publicly accessible urban solar array in the country a 1 56 megawatt system with 6 400 panels installed on a canopy structure over the zoo s vine street parking lot.

During a press conference earlier today the cincinnati zoo and melink corporation announced the opening of a new 1 56 megawatt solar canopy the largest publicly accessible urban solar array in the country. Innergex renewable energy inc. Located above the zoo s main parking lot on vine street in cincinnati ohio the canopy consists of nearly 6 400 solar pv modules which contribute to approximately 20 of the zoo s total power needs. At 1 56 megawatts it is the largest urban publicly accessible educational solar pv system in the nation.

The structure will provide shade for nearly 800 parking spots. The structure will provide shade for nearly 800 of the 1 000 spots available at the zoo s main entrance. See how much energy is being generated by our solar canopy right now.