{"id":22863,"date":"2011-12-10T18:02:05","date_gmt":"2011-12-10T23:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecolocalizer.com\/?p=22863"},"modified":"2012-11-25T00:03:16","modified_gmt":"2012-11-25T00:03:16","slug":"chicago-solar-powered-ev-car-sharing-solar-powered-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/chicago-solar-powered-ev-car-sharing-solar-powered-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago — Solar-Powered EV Car-Sharing & Solar-Powered Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chicago may not be the first city many people think of when they think of solar leaders — it shouldn’t be — but it has been on the leading edge of green for awhile, and a couple new announcements out of the windy city keep that trend going.<\/p>\n

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1. A non-profit car-sharing program in Chicago,\u00a0I-GO<\/strong>, recently announced that it has launched<\/a>\u00a0“a\u00a0$2.5-million electric vehicle (EV) project that will be the national leader in solar power for EVs<\/strong>.” It will include\u00a018 solar-powered charging stations for 36 new EVs. “This will be the largest electric vehicle fleet in the Midwest, and… it will use more solar power<\/a> to charge EVs than anywhere else in the country.” As the image above shows, the solar canopies will be able to cover 4 cars and will be able to charge two electric vehicles.<\/p>\n

\u201cTwo spaces will be reserved for I-GO at each location, and the others will be available to the public,” I-GO reports. “Each canopy will be topped with 44 solar panels, for a capacity of 10 kilowatts. In aggregate, the canopies will produce about 200,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity annually, which will power as much as 600,000 miles driven per year. As a result, I-GO and its members could save as many as 17,000 gallons of gasoline each year.\u201d<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Chicago is also getting the largest commercial airport solar farm in the US<\/strong>, a 20-megawatt solar farm at\u00a0Chicago Rockford International Airport<\/a>. The project may eventually scale up to 62 megawatts!<\/p>\n

Congrats & kudos to Chicago! I’ve been wanting to visit the great city for a long time… maybe one day, and maybe I can check out these projects if I ever do!<\/p>\n

EV Solar Canopy<\/a>\u00a0image\u00a0via I-GO<\/p>\n

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Chicago may not be the first city many people think of when they think of solar leaders — it shouldn’t be — but it has been on the leading edge of green for awhile, and a couple new announcements out of the windy city keep that trend going. 1. A non-profit car-sharing program in Chicago,\u00a0I-GO, …<\/p>\n

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