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HICKORY ST
NEWARK, CA

37137 Hickory St is a ~252,600 sq ft Class A industrial warehouse built in 1996, serving as the corporate headquarters and distribution center for WORLDPAC, a national automotive parts importer and distributor. The facility operates distribution and logistics functions with high daytime loading dock activity and warehouse energy loads.

Aerial view of the NEWARK SolarPorts installation
HICKORY ST
System layout — solar carports at NEWARK
System layout — solar carports
HICKORY ST

Projected savings.

Year 1

$78,900

Lifetime (~30 yr)

$5,882,000

By the numbers.

1.9

Years to payback

$13.9M

Total benefits (lifetime)

$8.1M

Property value gain

$364,503

Tax incentives

Levelized cost of energy

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

Like most NEWARK 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 $0.03/kWh with SolarPorts.

SolarPorts evaluated their power usage and proposed a right-sized 90.0 kW solar system for on-site generation delivered as 3 SolarPort carport structures above the parking lot.

The system is designed to produce roughly 169,344 AC kWh of clean energy each year, an estimated $78,900 in year-one utility offsets, and around $5,882,000 in net lifetime savings — turning a recurring operating-cost into a long-term, predictable energy hedge.

System spec

System design

Site
HICKORY ST
NEWARK, CA 94560
APN
537-555-25
Utility
PG&E
Seismic rating
1.2
Irradiance
1.600
System size
90.0 kW DC
Estimated production
169,344 AC kWh / year
Year-1 utility offset
$78,900
Lifetime savings (~30 yr)
$5,882,000
Solar panels
180 × TSM-DEG18MC.20(II)
SolarPort structures
3
Wire loss
2.0%

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