1111 LOCKHEED MARTIN WAY BLDG 157
SUNNYVALE, CA
1111 Lockheed Martin Way, Bldg 157 (LMSSC Building 157) is a ~700,000 sq ft industrial manufacturing, office, and laboratory complex operated by Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Sunnyvale, CA. The site supports aerospace defense manufacturing, R&D, and advanced systems integration, with substantial continuous energy loads across multiple floors.
Projected savings.
Year 1
$215,000
Lifetime (~30 yr)
$16,033,000
By the numbers.
1.1
Years to payback
$38.0M
Total benefits (lifetime)
$22.0M
Property value gain
$677,401
Tax incentives captured
Levelized cost of energy
Like most SUNNYVALE 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 244 kW solar system for on-site generation delivered as 4 SolarPort carport structures above the parking lot and a rooftop array on the building.
The system now produces roughly 459,835 AC kWh of clean energy each year, an estimated $215,000 in year-one utility offsets, and around $16,033,000 in net lifetime savings — turning a recurring operating-cost into a long-term, predictable energy hedge.
System spec
System design
- Site
- 1111 LOCKHEED MARTIN WAY BLDG 157
SUNNYVALE, CA 94089-1212 - APN
- 11001026
- Utility
- PG&E
- Seismic rating
- 1.2
- Irradiance
- 2
- System size
- 243.8 kW DC
- Estimated production
- 459,835 AC kWh / year
- Year-1 utility offset
- $215,000
- Lifetime savings (~30 yr)
- $16,033,000
- Solar panels
-
390 ×
Q.TRON XL-G2.3/BFG
(240 carport · 150 rooftop) - SolarPort structures
- 4
- Wire loss
- 2.0%
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