Beachview Villa provides residents with the incredible Huntington Beach lifestyle. But the sunny days that are so desirable to outdoor activities lead to the need for heavy air conditioning use. Keeping with the push toward sustainable energy use for all California residents and businesses, the Beachview Villa apartment complex made the choice to provide renewable energy, produced on-site, to residents.
HES Solar designed a 233-panel system that provides 149,000 kWh annually to power the Southern California multi-family residence that sits just a few miles from the beach. HES Solar maximized the rooftop area available. The system delivers a 37% energy offset, impressive for a three-story apartment building.
As more customers place a higher value on direct (non-transmitted) renewable energy use, the Beachview Villa becomes a more attractive rental to future residents. Current residents gain the satisfaction and freedom of knowing their air conditioner use comes without carbon emissions.
Financially, the commercial rooftop solar array delivers well over half a million dollars in energy bill savings over the next 25 years. Upfront costs were minimized through the various federal and state incentives. HES Solar assisted the facility in receiving all of these available incentives, resulting in a payback period of under nine years for the multi-family solar system in Orange County, California.
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The residential-only entity HES Solar has redefined its scope and has narrowed its focus to home solar service and home battery service. The impact of 2023 California regulations to home solar projects has required this company truncation; we regret the elimination of new home energy installations from our offerings. HES Solar now concentrates on supporting existing systems with maintenance and repair services for HES Solar and non-HES Solar systems and remains available for workmanship warranty work on qualified HES Solar systems.
For commercial solar and commercial energy storage design, installation, service, and O&M offerings, please visit the HES Renewables website hesrenewables.com.
A note on the state of California residential solar: The residential solar industry has faced significant financial hurdles in the last few years as a direct result of hostile policy, most notably NEM 3.0. Our primary trade partner, SunPower, went into Chapter 11 in August, 2024, and a majority of other solar companies, large and small, have been forced to close, leave California, or restructure. We are glad to remain available as a home energy service group to support our customers and provide maintenance and repair for home systems that have been orphaned by other company closures.
We recognize your frustration with this news and never intended for our beloved 24-year-old residential solar business to curtail its offerings.