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    Solar-powered roller coasters coming to Six Flags Magic Mountain
    • June 20, 2023

    The sun will power all the roller coasters and thrill rides at Six Flags Magic Mountain once the Valencia amusement park turns its 30-acre parking lot into a solar farm.

    Construction is set to start later this summer on the solar carport and energy storage system project at Magic Mountain.

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    Work on the project is expected to be completed in late 2023 or early 2024 depending on weather and other circumstances.

    The 12-megawatt solar carport energy structure will be installed over Magic Mountain’s visitor parking lot and part of the employee parking lot.

    The sea of solar canopies will also provide shade for visitors’ cars in the vast parking lot — another key benefit at a park known for high temperatures.

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    The solar panels will generate enough energy to power all 20 roller coasters at Magic Mountain and the rest of the rides year round and offset 100% of the park’s energy usage.

    The massive undertaking will be California’s largest solar energy project and the world’s largest renewable energy site built by a for-profit organization.

    The Magic Mountain solar farm will produce 7,900 kilowatt hours of power daily and 20.8 million kilowatt hours of energy annually — equal to the electricity used by 2,900 homes.

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    Six Flags has already installed solar power systems at Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo and Great Adventure in New Jersey. When completed, the trio of projects will produce a combined 42 megawatts of energy — giving Six Flags more on-site solar power producing capacity than any U.S. organization.

    Magic Mountain is working with Los Angeles-based Solar Optimum and New York-based DSD Renewables on the solar carport and energy storage system project.

    ​ Orange County Register 

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