Gettysburg College Athletic Center is going solar in 2012
Gettysburg College recently signed a contract with RGS Energy and Smart Energy Capital to lease roof space on the Athletic Center for the solar panels to Hudson Energy. The panels are expected to offset 25% of energy consumption for the entire athletic complex.
Snyder's Pretzels goes with photovoltaic field
Snyder's of Hanover is famous for making gourmet pretzels and snack food. But now the 100-year-old company will also be known for building the largest ground-based solar field in the state of Pennsylvania.
Mount Saint Mary's University to have photovoltaic field
Mount Saint Mary's University will soon become the site for Maryland's largest solar power farm. Constellation Energy will construct, own, operate and maintain the facility while leasing the land from Mount Saint Mary's. The university will also purchase 1.2 megawatts of the 17.1 megawatts that the facility will generate. Frederick County's first solar farm, valued at about $60 million, seems to be on the road to approval. Construction has begun and is to be completed in the Summer of 2012.