Rooftop solar systems offer a wide array of benefits for hotels.

They provide an opportunity to reduce operational costs, enhance sustainability, and improve the guest experience.

By embracing solar power, hotels can create a more sustainable, resilient, and attractive operation for their guests and stakeholders.

1. Powering Hotel Operations:

The most direct application is to use solar-generated electricity to power the hotel's daily operations.

Benefits:

Reduced Electricity Costs: Significantly lowers monthly electricity bills, improving profitability and reducing operating expenses.

Lighting: Powers interior and exterior lighting, including guest rooms, hallways, common areas, parking lots, and landscaping.

HVAC Systems: Supports heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems, crucial for guest comfort.

Laundry and Kitchen Equipment: Powers appliances like washing machines, dryers, dishwashers, refrigerators, and ovens.

Pool and Spa Facilities: Provides power for pool pumps, heaters, filtration systems, and spa equipment.

Elevators and Escalators: Supports the operation of vertical transportation systems.

Guest Room Amenities: Powers televisions, mini-fridges, charging stations, and other electronic devices in guest rooms.

Meeting and Event Spaces: Provides electricity for lighting, audio-visual equipment, and climate control in event venues.

2. Backup Power and Energy Security:

Combining rooftop solar with battery storage provides a backup power solution for grid outages.

Benefits:

Uninterrupted Service: Ensures continued operation during power failures, minimizing disruptions to guest comfort and hotel operations.

Emergency Lighting: Provides essential lighting in common areas and emergency exits.

Safety and Security Systems: Powers security cameras, fire alarms, and access control systems.

Preserving Food: Maintains the refrigeration of perishable food items in the kitchen and storage areas.

Guest Comfort: Ensures guests continue to have access to essential services like heating, cooling, and lighting, even during outages.

Business Continuity: Avoids losses associated with operational downtime due to power failures.

3. Enhancing the Guest Experience:

Hotels can use their investment in solar to enhance their brand and the overall guest experience.

Benefits:

Sustainable Brand Image: Demonstrates a commitment to sustainability, attracting eco-conscious travelers and improving the hotel's brand reputation.

Green Marketing: Provides marketing opportunities, showcasing the hotel's environmental initiatives and appealing to environmentally-aware guests.

Solar Powered Amenities: Some hotels can showcase solar integration by offering solar powered charging stations or outdoor lighting.

Educational Programs: Hotels can incorporate information about their solar installation into educational programs, brochures, or tours, engaging guests and promoting awareness.

Enhanced Guest Satisfaction: Eco-conscious amenities and operations can positively impact guest satisfaction and loyalty.

4. Revenue Generation (Net Metering/Feed-in Tariffs):

In some regions, hotels can sell excess solar energy back to the grid through net metering programs or feed-in tariffs.

Benefits:

Additional Income Stream: Generates revenue by exporting surplus energy, helping to offset the initial investment.

Reduced Operational Costs: Further reduces overall operating expenses through selling excess electricity.

Key Considerations for Hotels:

Roof Space and Design: The size and design of the hotel's roof will affect the solar system's capacity.

Energy Consumption Patterns: Understanding the hotel's energy consumption is crucial for optimizing the size and design of the system.

Guest Occupancy Rates: The hotel's occupancy rates impact the system's overall return on investment.

Local Regulations and Incentives: Local regulations and government incentives for solar power play a role in project economics.

Aesthetic Considerations: The solar panels should integrate well with the hotel's overall aesthetic design.

PVkingdom(Chongqing) New Energy Co., Ltd. (referred to as "PVkingdom,"), was established in early 2021 with a registered capital of RMB 58 million. It is a rising new energy technology company. Relying on the leading enterprises in the global photovoltaic industry, the company is mainly engaged in a package of services such as new energy project investment, engineering construction, product supply, and technical consulting.

PVkingdom has a professional team of more than 100 people. The team members are mainly doctoral and master's degree holders with strong technical strength and outstanding professional ability. Among them, there are more than 20 technical personnel, who generally have more than 5 years of experience in the photovoltaic industry or more than 20 years of experience in the power industry. At the same time, they also have good market resources and technical resources in the field of new energy.

As the official authorized agent of industry leaders such as LONGi, Jinko, and GoodWe for many years, we have strong technical strength, excellent performance products and absolutely guaranteed supporting services. Over the years, the company has also established a complete, efficient, closed-loop engineering service system and supply guarantee system to provide customers with more scientific, safer and more comprehensive services. PVkingdom has completed hundreds of new energy projects of different types and sizes, with a total installed capacity of more than 100MW, including centralized ground photovoltaic power stations, industrial and commercial rooftop distributed photovoltaic projects, household rooftop distributed photovoltaic projects, solar and energy storage and charging integrated projects, etc.

With the company's rapid growth and continuous expansion of business in recent years, since 2023, PVkingdom started to establish branches in countries and regions such as Hong Kong, Vietnam and Thailand to achieve cross-border expansion, extension of the industrial chain and coordinated development: PVkingdom Holdings Hong Kong Co., Ltd., PVkingdom (Vietnam) New Energy Investment Co., Ltd., LEO PVkingdom New Energy Co., Ltd. (Thailand PVkingdom).

Now, PVkingdom is following the trend of the new energy revolution, actively promoting the dual-carbon strategy and the development of new energy, and striving to grow into a top-notch one-stop service provider of smart new energy in the industry, bringing more smart new energy to the world.