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Edinboro University gets grant for solar power
EDINBORO — Gov. Ed Rendell recently announced that Edinboro University of Pennsylvania will receive $474,000 for a 210-kilowatt solar array to be constructed atop McComb Fieldhouse. In addition to generating electricity for the university, the array will allow Edinboro to market and sell solar renewable energy credits.
The grant “underscores, reinforces and once again justifies our confidence and commitment to reusable energy in all forms. At Edinboro, we want to be green in more than mere words. We strive to be green in all we do,” said Edinboro President Jeremy D. Brown.
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection officials said the Edinboro project, part of $9.5 million in federal economic stimulus funding to be spent on eight solar projects in Pennsylvania, will create 10 skilled labor jobs.
“This investment is critically important to strengthening Pennsylvania’s economy, not only because of the private capital it will attract and the jobs it will create, but because of the great economic potential the renewable energy industry holds for our state,” Rendell said of all eight solar projects.
Slated for completion by September 2010, the Edinboro array’s .21-megawatt solar capacity will not only annually generate 227 megawatt hours of electricity, but also reduce carbon emissions by some 272 tons.
The Green Energy Works! solar program, announced by the DEP and Gov. Rendell’s office, is one component of statewide competitive grant initiatives that use “green” jobs to create “green” energy while stimulating state, regional and local economic development.
“At Edinboro, we all take pride in the many initiatives we’ve launched toward energy conservation and reduction,” Brown said. “All have resulted not just in the energy savings, cost efficiency and solid monetary savings, but also on offsetting carbon emissions by countless tons.”
For example, Brown pointed to the multi-million-dollar/multi-year energy reduction and conservation partnership between Edinboro and Honeywell Building Solutions that has been ongoing since 2007, resulting in guaranteed cost and energy savings campuswide.
“It’s also important to note that the new solar array is in addition to the many geothermal wells being drilled for the heating and cooling at all new and renovation campus building projects,” Brown said.
Rendell, in announcing the statewide grants, said that since solar power is an increasingly important part of Pennsylvania’s electricity generation capacity, it becomes equally important for the state’s economy.
“That’s why we’ve made an earnest commitment to ensuring more solar projects, solar manufacturers, and related industries establish operations here. We’re now on track to be one of the top five states for producing solar energy by the end of the year.”
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