Saranac Lake Community Solar
Project GreenHouse Gas Offset
Below is a graphical representation of what our new Saranac Lake array will do to
offset green house gases for our region and the globe.
*Our array will produce 2,420,600 kWh’s of clean solar energy which is equivalent to:
Greenhouse gas emissions from
370
Passenger vehicles
driven for one year
driven for one year
4,246,802
Miles driven by an average passenger vehicle
CO2 Emissions from
192,580
gallons of gasoline
consumed
consumed
168,120
gallons of diesel
consumed
1,885,795
Pounds of coal burned
22.7
tanker trucks’ worth of
gasoline
gasoline
290
homes’ electricity use
for one year
for one year
197
homes’ energy use
for one year
9.4
railcars’ worth of coal
burned
burned
3,962
barrels of oil consumed
Greenhouse gas emissions avoided by
582
Tons of waste recycled
instead of landfilled
83.2
gallons of diesel
consumed
72,822
trash bags of waste recycled instead of landfilled
0.369
Wind turbines running
for a year
65,018
Incandescent lamps switched to LEDs
*The information on this page is taken from: https://www.epa.gov/energy/greenhouse-gas-equivalencies-calculator and used with permission.