August 10, 2020 at 9:06 am Comments are Disabled
Construction is underway on the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign’s Solar Farm 2.0, with a commercial operation date expected for early 2021. The new 54-acre, 12.1 megawatt solar array is located north of Curtis Road, between First Street and U.S. Route 45, next to the Village of Savoy. OnceRead More
August 4, 2020 at 11:50 am Comments are Disabled
George Washington University has begun a new solar project that will increase solar electricity in Washington, D.C. as well as provide financial assistance to low-to-moderate-income residents across the district. The university provided rooftop space on five campus buildings for solar photovoltaic panels, while New Columbia Solar, a D.C.-based solar energyRead More
July 27, 2020 at 4:33 pm Comments are Disabled
EDF Renewables North America announced an agreement with Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute and San Diego-based CollectiveSun to design, build, and operate an integrated energy system consisting of rooftop and carport solar, storage and electric vehicle charging. The integrated system consists of 847 kilowatt solar photovoltaic; 800 kWp/1,805 kilowattRead More
March 6, 2017 at 11:38 am Comments are Disabled
Texas State Technical College’s Solar Energy Technology program is growing and poised to fill an expected growth of jobs in the state. Equipment used for program lectures and labs will be moved throughout the spring semester from an older metal building on Airline Drive to a newer, larger structure upRead More
December 22, 2016 at 8:12 am Comments are Disabled
Financier Greenwood Energy and installer Borrego Solar Systems completed a 2.9-MW remote-net-metered solar array for Ithaca College. Borrego Solar co-developed, designed and built the array while Greenwood Energy will own and operate it. Located approximately 40 miles from campus on 15 acres of land in the Ontario County Town of Seneca,Read More
July 5, 2016 at 9:00 am Comments are Disabled
Cedarville University made a bold choice (at least in Ohio) to install a solar array three years ago — still the largest to be directly connected to any university in Ohio — and it has made a significant environmental and financial impact through these first three years of operation. Throughout its lifetime theRead More
May 18, 2016 at 2:00 pm Comments are Disabled
As we noted in a recent issue of Solar Builder, the education sector is primed for solar projects. Here is the latest to cross our news desk: Vermont Technical College has flipped the switch on a new solar farm that is projected to produce nearly 1 million kWh of clean,Read More