{"id":184861,"date":"2024-03-10T16:27:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-10T21:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/synchrotron-nuclear-facility-saves-big-with-massive-solar-push"},"modified":"2024-03-10T16:27:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-10T21:27:00","slug":"synchrotron-nuclear-facility-saves-big-with-massive-solar-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/synchrotron-nuclear-facility-saves-big-with-massive-solar-push","title":{"rendered":"Synchrotron nuclear facility saves big with massive solar push"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/synchrotron-nuclear-facility-saves-big-with-massive-solar-push2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Australian Synchrotron, a crown jewel of Australian scientific infrastructure, is making major strides towards <a href=\"https:\/\/interestingengineering.com\/energy\/clean-energy-growth-usa-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"dofollow\">sustainable energy<\/a> independence. The nuclear research facility recently completed the installation of 3,200 solar panels which now blankets the facility\u2019s rooftops. This move is expected to generate substantial savings and support Synchrotron\u2019s world-class research.<\/p>\n<p>The state-of-the-art particle accelerator has now gone green with a 1.59 MW\/ 1,668 kWh rooftop solar system. The facility will save about $2 million in energy costs over the next five years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Australian Synchrotron, a crown jewel of Australian scientific infrastructure, is making major strides towards sustainable energy independence. The nuclear research facility recently completed the installation of 3,200 solar panels which now blankets the facility\u2019s rooftops. This move is expected to generate substantial savings and support Synchrotron\u2019s world-class research. The state-of-the-art particle accelerator has now [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":578,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[873,48,1633,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nuclear-energy","category-particle-physics","category-solar-power","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/578"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184861\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}