Fond du Lac-based Holiday Ford recently installed several solar arrays on their properties, including the Holiday Ford Building and Collision Center, as well as an EV charging site.
Holiday Automotive partnered with Plymouth-based Arch Solar C&I to install the solar arrays. Holiday Automotive’s project has double the impact of a typical system. The Holiday Ford facility is outfitted with a 460-panel array, while the Holiday Collision and Glass Center boasts an additional 396 panels. Overall, the 469-kilowatt system is estimated to offset over 50% of the power usage of both buildings.
The solar portfolio uses bifacial panels tilted at a 23° angle. Bifacial solar panels produce energy from the sky-facing side and the underside, enhancing winter production when the sun reflects off the snow underneath the panels.
Holiday Automotive also installed the Ford Motor Company EV charging system at their Ford store parking lot. This charging station can charge up to eight electric vehicles at a time.
“As we add more electric vehicle charging stations at Holiday, we feel it’s important to offset a significant portion of the electricity that we use as a company. We’ve got a lot of rooftop space. As electric vehicle adoption continues to increase, it just makes sense to use some of that space for solar power,” said Michael Shannon Jr., president and CEO of Holiday Automotive.
