DSD Renewables has accomplished a 6.5 MW photo voltaic portfolio for Caesars Leisure on the gaming firm’s Atlantic Metropolis locations.
The installations are throughout two totally different Caesars Atlantic Metropolis properties on 4 canopies and can produce roughly 8.29 MWh of vitality every year. A fifth cover is presently below growth and is slated to be full in 2024, bringing the photo voltaic portfolio to 7.4 MW.
Caesars is without doubt one of the largest clients of native utility Atlantic Metropolis Electrical, and these photo voltaic initiatives will offset roughly 6% of its vitality wants for the resort properties within the space, taking vitality load off the utility and making vitality assets accessible for different clients.
The finished initiatives embrace 1.7 MW and 886 kW photo voltaic storage canopies at Caesars Atlantic Metropolis, and two installations at Harrah’s Resort Atlantic Metropolis – a 1.9 MW photo voltaic cover at Harrah’s self-park storage and a 1.9 MW cover at Harrah’s valet storage. The trouble additionally features a 913 kW photo voltaic rooftop system at Harrah’s Waterfront Convention Heart that will probably be put in in early 2024.
The canopies will present shaded parking for workers and clients and scale back snow removing prices, whereas the rooftop system will prolong the roof’s lifespan and scale back cooling wants by limiting UV publicity. With the present structural format, constructing heights, and the placement of the mission websites being in such shut proximity to the coast, this created an added layer of complexity. DSD’s in-house cover staff created customized engineering designs that had been tailor-made to accommodate elevated wind load and danger components, with structural connections that permit metal and electrical techniques to be elevated and protected against storms.
DSD financed and developed the installations and can function the long-term proprietor and operator.
