Croda Donates 1,000 Solar Panel Modules to Non-Profit Organizations

Croda International Plc has donated 1,000 SunPower solar panels to three non-profit organizations for use in low-income housing and crop generation.

 

The panels come from the Edison facility, which could not be used at the company’s new Plainsboro headquarters when the company relocated in 2020. Croda then partnered with Decom Solar, a provider of turnkey photovoltaic decommissioning services, to donate the panels to three non-profit organizations. 

 

They are the Jackson Resource Center, in Jackson, Mississippi, which raises funds and awareness for the local homeless population; The Mileston Cooperative Association in Missouri set by the Farmers Security Administration in 1942 that aims to create opportunities for the communities via large scale vegetable production; and Kinkead Housing Foundation, a non-profit housing group based out of Jackson, Mississippi, supporting and developing affordable low-income multifamily housing.

 

With the help of Decom Solar, Croda donated 1,000 305W (watt) SunPower modules for a total of 305,000W or 305kW (kilowatt) of power and 1 Satcon Power Gate Plus 375kW Central Inverter. These modules are estimated to produce up to 335,843 Kilowatt hours per year, which is equivalent to saving 263,187 pounds of coal burned, enough to power 28.7 homes per year or preserve 292 acres of U.S. forests in one year.

 

Company officials say the donation is a reflection of Croda’s values of assisting communities whenever possible and supporting Croda’s commitment to being Climate, Land, and People positive by 2030.