St. Joe’s Solar Array

Description: The St. Joe’s Solar Array was instead on an open field. Over the course of a year, the St. Joe’s Solar Array is estimated to offset approximately 1,430 tons of Carbon Dioxide (CO2).

To put that in perspective, 1,430 tons of CO2 is equivalent to the emissions created from:

  • driving 3.18 million miles in an average passenger vehicle.
  • consuming 146,000 gallons of gasoline,
  • burning 1.42 million pounds of coal; or,

Project Info

LocationCharlton, MA
Size1.4MWdc, 1.0MWac
Estimated Production1,743,000 kWh/year

Please note that these estimates are approximate and are not being used for emission inventory or formal carbon footprinting exercises. These estimates were calculated using the Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator provided by the EPA in November, 2018.