This Earth Day, We're Celebrating the Impact of People Going Solar

Each year, people celebrate Earth Day by enjoying the world’s natural beauty and resources and taking action to protect the planet. In honor of Earth Day 2025, we’re taking a look at Palmetto’s contribution to clean energy, which can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and address climate change.

Over the last 12 months, Palmetto’s solar assets have produced enough clean electricity to offset more than 266,000 tons of carbon dioxide, one of the main drivers of climate change.

That’s an emissions impact equivalent to…

• Planting more than 4.4 million tree seedlings and letting them grow for 10 years.
• Not burning nearly 300 million pounds of coal.
• Avoiding nearly 670 million miles driven in the average passenger vehicle.
• Skipping a charge on more than 32 billion smart phones.
• Shifting more than 11 million bags worth of waste from the landfill to recycling.

Over time, the impact gets even bigger. Palmetto’s solar assets, from the time the first one came online until now, have generated enough electricity to offset more than 602,000 tons of carbon dioxide.

That emissions impact is equivalent to…

• Planting more than 9.96 million seedlings and letting them grow for 10 years.
• Not burning more than 666 million pounds of coal.
• Not driving more than 1.51 billion miles in the average passenger vehicle.
• Not charging more 73 billion smart phones.
• Shifting close to 26 million bags worth of waste from the landfill to recycling.

Each Palmetto solar installation (and battery or heat pump installation) is a step in an energy transition that can leave the air cleaner and the climate in better shape. (Not to mention customer savings and independence.)

See what you could save with Palmetto today.

Sobre el AutorAndrew BlokWriter and Editor

Andrew has worked as a journalist and writer for four years, over half of those dedicated to covering solar. He currently lives in Tucson, AZ, where you might run into him walking his dog and birding while dodging the heat. He has degrees in English education and journalism.