2080 N 1ST ST
SAN JOSE, CA
2080 N 1st St is the Holiday Inn Express & Suites San Jose Airport, a ~144-room, multi-story hotel built in 2021 near SJC airport. The property operates 24/7 with high HVAC, pool, and common-area loads typical of full-service hospitality.
Projected savings.
Year 1
$136,100
Lifetime (~30 yr)
$10,151,000
By the numbers.
1.3
Years to payback
$24.1M
Total benefits (lifetime)
$13.9M
Property value gain
$492,327
Tax incentives captured
Levelized cost of electricity
Like most SAN JOSE 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 291,384 AC kWh of clean energy each year, an estimated $136,100 in year-one utility offsets, and around $10,151,000 in net lifetime savings — turning a recurring operating-cost into a long-term, predictable energy hedge.
System spec
System design
- Site
- 2080 N 1ST ST
SAN JOSE, CA 95131-2001 - APN
- 23717175
- Utility
- PG&E
- Seismic rating
- 1
- Irradiance
- 2
- System size
- 150.0 kW DC
- Estimated production
- 291,384 AC kWh / year
- Year-1 utility offset
- $136,100
- Lifetime savings (~30 yr)
- $10,151,000
- Solar panels
- 240 × Q.TRON XL-G2.3/BFG
- SolarPort structures
- 4
- Wire loss
- 2.0%
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