Grand Rapids Business Journal
Courtesy Eldean Shipyard
Eldean Shipyard announced it installed and activated a second solar installation to generate electricity on-site at the marina.
The new, larger solar installation produces 97 kilowatt hours of electricity, nearly 1.5 times more than the initial 66 kWh array. Like the first solar installation in 2014, these solar panels are installed on the roof of a large boat storage building along South Shore Drive in Macatawa.
The original 66 kWh system has actively been generating solar power since August 2014. To date, the system has produced over 450,000 kWh of electricity. Along with the reduction of greenhouse gasses, by generating clean energy from the sun, the equivalent of 486,000 pounds of coal or 737 barrels of oil was conserved.
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Dec 16, 2020
Certified Michigan Clean Marina Eldean Shipyard added a 97-kWh solar array to the 66-kWh system it installed in 2014. Located in Macatawa on the south shore of Lake Macatawa, the yard said the solar array has produced more than 450,000 kWh of electricity the equivalent of 486,000 pounds of coal or 737 barrels of oil. “Eldean Shipyard depends on a healthy environment for its continued success,” owner Wade Eldean
said in a statement. “This second solar array will further [our] mission as a Certified Clean Marina so that future generations can enjoy fishing and boating in Michigan’s amazing freshwater lakes.”