MGM Resorts has achieved an impressive milestone in its utilization of renewable energy.
The hospitality behemoth is now powering up to 100 percent of its daytime electricity needs on the Las Vegas Strip with solar energy.
This comes after MGM began receiving 115 megawatts (MW) of solar energy and 400 megawatt-hours (MWh) of battery storage from the recently completed Escape Solar and Storage Project in Lincoln County, Nevada, last month.
That project, combined with MGM's 100 MW Mega Solar Array, more than doubles the company's access to renewable energy. MGM Resorts can now store solar energy generated during peak production hours and use it during evenings and other lower-production periods.
"With this new project coming online, we are accelerating progress toward our goal of using 100 percent renewable electricity domestically by 2030," MGM Resorts CEO and President Bill Hornbuckle said in a statement.
"Together with our Mega Solar Array, the new Escape Solar and Storage Project reflects our focus on scalable, impactful clean-energy solutions. It also demonstrates that our industry can operate more sustainably while delivering long-term cost stability, strengthening our business and supporting a more resilient energy future," said Hornbuckle.
Over the past decade, MGM Resorts has undertaken a plethora of projects to become more eco-friendly, including developing a 323,000-panel Mega Solar Array providing 100 MW to MGM Resorts locations in Las Vegas, installing 26,000 solar panels atop the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, providing 8.3 MW to that property and funding a 100-kW rooftop solar array to help power T-Mobile Arena.
MGM also installed 3,456 solar panels atop the parking garage at MGM Springfield in Massachusetts.
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