Estes installs solar panels to power N.C. terminal

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Updated Feb 3, 2016
Estes Express Lines recently installed solar panels at its Greensboro, N.C., terminal.Estes Express Lines recently installed solar panels at its Greensboro, N.C., terminal.

Estes Express Lines (No. 13 on the CCJ Top 250) has installed a new photovoltaic solar power system at the company’s Greensboro, N.C., terminal.

Consisting of 2,760 solar panels on the roof of the terminal, the power system will generate one megawatt of electricity, which is equivalent to the remove of 145 passenger vehicles from the roads or 270 tons of carbon dioxide, annually.

Estes truck“The Greensboro solar project is the company’s largest photovoltaic installation to date,” says Joe Ziadeh, Estes’ construction and facility maintenance project manager. “The system was designed to produce enough electricity to power all the buildings on site. With the combination of state and federal tax incentives and Duke Power’s Solar Renewable Energy program, it was a great opportunity for Estes to go green in Greensboro.”

The state incentives, size of the terminal and Duke Power’s Solar Renewable Energy program made the Greensboro terminal an easy choice as the next terminal to house Estes’ solar power initiative, the company said.

“Going forward, a dedicated team at Estes’ corporate office in Richmond, Va. will monitor energy production remotely,” said Estes’ corporate secretary Steve Hupp. “This real-time monitoring will allow the company to translate the data and track all energy savings.”