Community Health Systems Solar Assessment
Overview
Community Health Systems, Inc. (CHS) is one of the nation’s leading operators of general acute care hospitals. Its affiliates own, operate or lease 110 hospital in 19 states. When CHS wanted to install solar arrays across various properties, Wilmot was tasked with analyzing the feasibility and impact of implementing renewables.
Wilmot’s Role
Wilmot was asked to perform an analysis to evaluate the business case for an installation of 7.2 MW of solar panels on four individual CHS hospital properties in South Carolina. The analysis identified various areas of consideration including system production, siting, and financing concerns. In analyzing siting considerations, Wilmot compared rooftop, ground mount, and carport mounted installation sites. Wilmot also identified potential impacts that siting solar on particular properties would have on the tree canopy of the hospital campuses as well as considered financing structure and identified state/federal incentives to help finance the project.
Results
Wilmot planned a 7 MW system, resulting in $30M in savings across 4 hospitals.
Client
Community Health Systems
Location
South Carolina
Markets
Healthcare
Energy
Services
Feasibility Study
Solar Planning