FedEx Corp., BP Solar project done

FONTANA, Calif., Sept. 5 (UPI) -- U.S.-based FedEx Corp. and BP Solar announced the completion of their second project.

The solar power system at the FedEx Freight distribution center in Fontana, Calif., is now complete and online. The project is 269 kilowatts generated by a rooftop solar array that uses BP Solar modules.

There are 1,377 solar modules covering 20,834 square feet of the roof of the Fontana facility, and it is capable of generating 370,551 kilowatt hours.

In addition to the two companies' first project, completed Earth Day 2008, the projects are estimated to generate enough clean electricity to eliminate the release of more than 610 tons of greenhouse gas emissions.