KPCW – Utah’s first floating solar array will power 90% of Park City water treatment plant

Mountain Regional Water and its solar partners cut the ribbon on Utah’s first floating solar array; the 1,078 solar panels are floating on top of a small reservoir inside Park City’s Promontory neighborhood. The 589.7-kilowatt project will provide renewable energy to the Signal Hill Water Treatment Plant, which provides drinking water to the Snyderville Basin. The energy from the newly completed solar array will offset 92% of the facility’s grid energy consumption. Mountain Regional Water General Manager Andy Garland said the project began seven years ago when his team began looking for ways to reduce costs.

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