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390 GATEWAY DR
HOLLISTER, CA

390 Gateway Dr, Hollister, CA is a Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott, a 76-room limited-service hotel operating 24/7. The property sits on ~1.5 acres and has typical hotel energy loads including HVAC, lighting, laundry, and common-area operations.

System layout — solar carports at HOLLISTER
System layout — solar carports

Projected savings.

Year 1

$147,600

Lifetime (~30 yr)

$11,005,000

By the numbers.

1.2

Years to payback

$26.1M

Total benefits (lifetime)

$15.1M

Property value gain

$497,692

Tax incentives captured

Levelized cost of electricity

$0.02 / kWh · SolarPorts
vs.
$1.16 / kWh · PG&E

Like most HOLLISTER businesses, the site was paying high Peak rates and large Demand charges — the kind of bill structure that punishes daytime energy use and penalizes the very hours commercial properties consume the most power. The result was a Levelized Cost Of Energy (LCOE) of $1.16/kWh from PG&E, reduced to $0.02/kWh from SolarPorts.

SolarPorts evaluated their interval power usage (every 15 minutes) and proposed a right-sized 150 kW solar system for on-site generation delivered as 4 SolarPort carport structures above the parking lot.

The system now produces roughly 316,932 AC kWh of clean energy each year, an estimated $147,600 in year-one utility offsets, and around $11,005,000 in net lifetime savings — turning a recurring operating-cost into a long-term, predictable energy hedge.

System spec

System design

Site
390 GATEWAY DR
HOLLISTER, CA 95023-3069
APN
0534100030
Utility
PG&E
Seismic rating
1
Irradiance
2
System size
150.0 kW DC
Estimated production
316,932 AC kWh / year
Year-1 utility offset
$147,600
Lifetime savings (~30 yr)
$11,005,000
Solar panels
240 × Q.TRON XL-G2.3/BFG
SolarPort structures
4
Wire loss
2.0%

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