The site was the first boeing facility to be powered by 100 renewable energy.
Boeing charleston solar panels.
Up to 20 percent of that energy is supplied by more than 18 00 thin film solar panels approximately 10 acres installed on the roof of the 787 final assembly building.
Under the arrangement with boeing sce g will own and maintain the solar generation system and will supplement the solar generated energy with power from its system resources coupled with green attributes from its north charleston biomass generator to meet all of boeing s energy requirements.
The site currently serves as one of two final.
Boeing co the seattle based manufacturer of jetliners will install approximately ten acres of solar panels on the roof of their 750 million facility in north charleston sc.
And one of the biggest in the southeast.
Boeing south carolina was the company s first 100 percent renewable energy site.
After the week boeing s had it s understandable that the dedication of the 10 acre solar farm on the roof of its north charleston final assembly building friday was largely out of.
Boeing south carolina was the company s first 100 percent renewable energy site.
The solar farm will be the sixth largest in the u s.
Some of that energy comes from solar panels on the roof of the 787 final assembly building.
Boeing south carolina previously boeing charleston is an assembly site for boeing s commercial airplanes division located in north charleston south carolina the site is the major manufacturing assembly and delivery site for boeing commercial aircraft in the eastern united states and is one of the largest employment centers in the state.
Also boeing south carolina sends no waste to a.
The facilities in south carolina are environmentally friendly.
Boeing rolled out the 787 10 in north charleston.
The site s 787 final assembly building is at the center and covered with solar panels.