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6475 AUTOMALL PKWY
GILROY, CA

6475 Automall Pkwy is an approximately 14,925 sq ft ready-mix concrete production facility (SIC 327320) operated by Star Concrete, built in 1974. The industrial site involves heavy batching equipment, compressors, and mixer operations typical of a concrete manufacturing yard.

Aerial view of the GILROY SolarPorts installation
6475 AUTOMALL PKWY
System layout — solar carports at GILROY
System layout — solar carports
6475 AUTOMALL PKWY

Projected savings.

Year 1

$123,400

Lifetime (~30 yr)

$9,202,000

By the numbers.

2.0

Years to payback

$21.8M

Total benefits (lifetime)

$12.6M

Property value gain

$583,237

Tax incentives

Levelized cost of energy

$0.03 / kWh · SolarPorts
vs.
$1.16 / kWh · PG&E

Like most GILROY businesses, the site was paying high Peak rates of roughly $1.16 per kilowatt-hour and large Demand charges — the kind of bill structure that punishes daytime energy use and penalises the very hours commercial properties consume the most power.

SolarPorts evaluated their power usage and proposed a right-sized 169 kW solar system for on-site generation delivered as 4 SolarPort carport structures above the parking lot.

The system is designed to produce roughly 265,306 AC kWh of clean energy each year, an estimated $123,400 in year-one utility offsets, and around $9,202,000 in net lifetime savings — turning a recurring operating-cost into a long-term, predictable energy hedge.

System spec

System design

Site
6475 AUTOMALL PKWY
GILROY, CA 95020-7132
APN
84115070
Utility
PG&E
Seismic rating
1.2
Irradiance
1.600
System size
169.2 kW DC
Estimated production
265,306 AC kWh / year
Year-1 utility offset
$123,400
Lifetime savings (~30 yr)
$9,202,000
Solar panels
360 × SUNPOWER X21-470-COM
SolarPort structures
4
Wire loss
2.0%

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