The Environmental Benefits of Solar: The Solar Electricity produced by your system is used directly by your building. If you overproduce, electricity is pumped back into the grid.

This chart represents the environmental benefits of a typical 20kw Solar System; Fixed Mount at 35-degrees tilt with 100% sun access located in Southeastern Wisconsin.

Equivalency Comparisons: 1-year 10-year 40-year
Metric Tons of CO2: 16.8 167.9 671.5
Removed Cars from Daily Use: 3.3 32.6 130.2
Gallons of gasoline consumed: 1,887 18,871 75,485
Barrels of oil consumed: 39 392 1,567
Tanker Trucks of gasoline: 0.2 2.2 8.9
Average annual home – electricity use: 1.4 14.2 57.0
Trees planted and grown for 10-years: 431 4,314 17,257
Acres of Pine Forest: 3.6 35.6 142.4
Rail Cars of Coal being used at Utility Power Plant: 0.1 0.9 3.7
Tons of CO2 waste sent to landfill: 5.9 59.0 236.1

 

Arch Electric has installed close to a MegaWatt of Solar Electricity and 750 kilowatts of Wind Power.  Below is a graph that shows our combined accomplishments in renewable energies.

 

Equivalency Comparisons: 1-year 10-year 40-year
Metric Tons of CO2: 1,444 14,438 57,750
Removed Cars from Daily Use: 280 2,800 11,200
Gallons of gasoline consumed: 162,287 1,622,875 6,491,499
Barrels of oil consumed: 3,369 33,686 134,745
Tanker Trucks of gasoline: 19 191 763
Average annual home – electricity use: 123 ,1225 4,900
Trees planted and grown for 10-years: 37,102 371,025 1,484,099
Acres of Pine Forest: 306 3,063 12,250
Rail Cars of Coal being used at Utility Power Plant: 8 79 315
Tons of CO2 waste sent to landfill: 508 5,075 20,300

 

Source: http://www.epa.gov/cleanenergy/energy-resources/calculator.html