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Solar Industry Unites For Massachussets School Project

Posted by on Monday, January 23, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

17PowerPlay Solar Development, an integrated solar development and finance company based in Ridgefield, Conn., announced the commissioning and commencement of operation of the 2 MW, nine-acre photovoltaic solar plant developed by the company at Berkshire School in Sheffield, Mass.

The project is currently the largest operating solar facility of its kind at any school or college in New England.

PowerPlay Solar Development designed and constructed the project in collaboration with Spire Solar Systems, a solar systems design builder based in Bedford, Mass. The Berkshire School ground-mounted system is composed of 8,332 high performance crystalline silicon solar panels manufactured in the United States by SolarWorld.

The solar field will generate approximately 45% of the school’s electricity needs and is part of the School’s broad sustainability master plan submitted by Berkshire students to the School’s Board of Trustees. An important cornerstone of the plan is having the School achieve carbon neutrality by 2016.

 

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About Frank Andorka
Frank Andorka brings 15 years of trade publication experience to Solar Power World. His most recent stop prior to Solar Power World was IndustryWeek, where he wrote about renewable energy and technology. He has two children and a wonderful wife, and lives in South Euclid, Ohio.


 

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