A 1.3 MW solar system built on top of the Cornell School District in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, will compensate for 100% of its annual energy consumption.
“I want to congratulate Cornell School District on successfully installing their cost-effective solar array,” said Rep. Anita Kulik (D-45). “The development of a new energy system to meet the needs of hundreds of students shows enormous leadership on the part of the school by taking energy bills in their own hands. Solar will help Cornell to stabilize their electricity costs that will be lower than ever before.”
The first public school district in Allegheny County that solar energy is going, the array is estimated that the school will save almost $ 2.5 million in the coming 30 years. According to the conditions of the Power Purchase Agreement, project developer BAI group Will the roof homes of the school lease and sell the electricity back to a rate that is stable and lower than the current electricity percentages for the next 30 years.
“Cornell is the perfect example of how schools, municipalities, companies, religious organizations, farms and every form of organization can often save thousands to tens of thousands of dollars on their annual electrical accounts with the help of solar energy,” said Sharon Pillar, founder and executive director of the Pa Solar Center. “Going Solar is a great way to compensate for the rising energy costs that all consumers are confronted in recent years. And if more schools and other large organizations were to go solar energy, we could see a net benefit for all energy drivers in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, whether or not they are solar consumers.”
Pillar encouraged other schools and organizations to view the Pennsylvania Solar Center’s Get the solar programThis free technical assistance and financial guidance offers companies and organizations that are looking for solar energy.
“Cornell School District is so proud of what was once an idea to have changed into reality, and to have shown our students that anything is possible,” said Aaron Thomas, Cornell’s chief inspector. “We look forward to saving a lot of money on our monthly energy bills and to destroy those savings to the training of our students.”
News item from the Solar Center in Pennsylvania
