2024 Downtown Fire Station No. 1 Solar Assessment

In November of 2023, NOPEC notified the City of Kent that it was selected as one of only 5 NOPEC communities to receive an additional resource for decarbonization and sustainability planning as part of NOPEC’s Resiliency and Sustainability Support program. Part of this resource involved the provision of a consulting and research team from the global comprehensive energy solutions company, World Kinect.

The City provided World Kinect with a wide variety of data related to city properties and associated energy use, including the City’s 2022 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventory Update, which was used by World Kinect to provide the City with a Decarbonation Glidepath report. This report included a portfolio of City building energy and carbon emission analyses, and some initial recommendations for efficiency and decarbonization measures for consideration.

As a result of this initial decarbonization analysis work, and as an additional, complementary service through the NOPEC Resiliency and Sustainability Support program, the World Kinect Team provided an assessment of the downtown Fire Station No. 1 facility for a possible onsite solar array, which is the location chosen by City Council to evaluate.

Click on the link below to view the Fire Station No. 1 onsite solar assessment report.