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D10c. Does your project <br />save on natural gas? <br />No <br />D10d. Does your project <br />save on food waste? <br />No <br />D10e. Is your project <br />nature-based? (For <br />example, community <br />gardens, tree plantings, <br />soil health practices, and <br />prairie restoration <br />projects) <br />No <br />D10f. Does your project <br />reduce emissions in <br />some way other than <br />what was listed above? <br />Yes <br />How does your project <br />reduce greenhouse gas <br />emissions and what <br />metrics can you share to <br />support this number? (An <br />example metric is acres <br />of land) <br />W hile our overall approach to sustainability will also include energy efficiency improvements and a <br />geothermal installation with the goals of reducing and offsetting 100% of our total greenhouse gas <br />emissions, our specific solar project will offset 100% of our electricity usage at the farm. In 2023, <br />the farm used 153,108 kW h. A 99.9 kW DC solar array that accounts for all kW h demand would <br />avoid producing 96 metric tons of CO2 each year based on EPA's greenhouse gas emissions <br />calculator and verified by Steve Lysenko at NC Clean Energy Technology Center. Note that this <br />varies from the 32 metric tons calculated by this grant application’s autogenerated data. W e will <br />use the grant application-generated 32 metric tons per year calculated for the remainder of this <br />form, so all estimates below are very conservative. <br />https://www.epa.gov/avert/avoided-emission-rates-generated-avert <br />D11. How many TOTAL <br />metric tons of <br />greenhouse gas <br />emissions will your <br />project reduce or avoid <br />OVER THE LIFETIME of <br />the project? [Please use <br />the number(s) calculated <br />above (row 4 of tables), <br />or provide your own <br />estimate if those figures <br />were insufficient or if you <br />have additional <br />measures to include.] <br />7249 <br />D12. W ere any <br />additional calculations <br />required in coming up <br />with the number entered <br />above (this includes <br />adding two or more <br />numbers together)? <br />Yes <br />Please list any data <br />sources used and show <br />the steps of your <br />calculations. Feel free to <br />submit in a separate <br />document if clearly <br />labeled. (500 word limit) <br />The number above considers the solar plus geothermal greenhouse gas emissions savings over <br />the lifetime of the project (25 years). Calculations for the geothermal portion of the savings are <br />provided in the attachment. <br />Option file upload to show additional calculations. <br />Propane_Use_GHG_Sav ings_Calculations_2024_-_2024.pdf <br />Docusign Envelope ID: 1EDD1EF6-0E3A-40E1-B431-94002662BCDF