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    Correlate Energy Completes Rooftop Solar Project at American Tire Distributors Headquarters in North Carolina

    Dec. 13, 2023
    Over 20 years, the solar system will reduce CO2 emissions by 5,463 tons – equivalent to the emissions produced by nearly 12,442,000 miles of gas-powered passenger car travel
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    Correlate Energy Corp., a distributed energy company, has announced the successful completion and commissioning of a rooftop solar project at American Tire Distributors (ATD) headquarters, located in Huntersville, North Carolina. 

    The initiative supports ATD on its mission to discover a balance between sustainability and profitability by helping the company generate cost savings, reduce reliance on traditional energy sources, increase energy resiliency, and achieve economic viability. 

    Over the next 20 years, the rooftop solar system is projected to reduce ATD's carbon dioxide emissions by 5,463 tons – equivalent to the emissions produced by nearly 12,442,000 miles of gas-powered passenger car travel. 

    Todd Michaels, CEO of Correlate Energy, stated, "We are thrilled to unveil this remarkable project, reflecting our dedication to providing clients with best-in-class sustainability solutions and reducing their carbon footprint. Completing this project at another nationally recognized headquarters building is a major milestone as this initiative showcases the powerful link between sustainability and profitability.”

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    Rod Walton is senior editor for EnergyTech.com. He has spent 14 years covering the energy industry as a newspaper and trade journalist.

    Walton formerly was energy writer and business editor at the Tulsa World. Later, he spent six years covering the electricity power sector for Pennwell and Clarion Events. He joined Endeavor and EnergyTech in November 2021.

    He can be reached at [email protected]. 

    EnergyTech is focused on the mission critical and large-scale energy users and their sustainability and resiliency goals. These include the commercial and industrial sectors, as well as the military, universities, data centers and microgrids.

    Many large-scale energy users such as Fortune 500 companies, and mission-critical users such as military bases, universities, healthcare facilities, public safety and data centers, shifting their energy priorities to reach net-zero carbon goals within the coming decades. These include plans for renewable energy power purchase agreements, but also on-site resiliency projects such as microgrids, combined heat and power, rooftop solar, energy storage, digitalization and building efficiency upgrades.