Commercial Solar · 2026

Davidson College Solar Canopies

Rows of solar carport canopies spanning the campus parking lots — shade below, generation above, and not one square foot of new land taken.

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Davidson, NC Campus location
Commercial Project type
Carport canopy Mounting system
August 2026 Photographed

About this project

Davidson College turned its parking lots into a power plant. Instead of clearing ground for a field array, the panels sit overhead on steel canopies that run the length of the lots — the same asphalt, doing two jobs at once.

Every canopy run parks cars in the shade and feeds the campus at the same time. The structures were engineered to clear normal traffic, keep the existing striping and drive aisles intact, and sit low enough against the tree line that the campus still reads as a campus from the air.

These aerials were flown in August 2026, looking across the lots toward the athletic fields and the academic buildings beyond.

  • Elevated carport canopies — no new land cleared for the array
  • Covered parking for the campus underneath every run
  • Existing lot layout, striping and drive aisles preserved
  • Multiple canopy runs across adjacent lots
Low aerial close-up of a solar carport canopy showing the module layout

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