Celebrating solar power

2010 Jan 23

CSU dedicates 15-acre plant that will put out 3½ million kilowatt hours

CSU on Friday dedicated one of the largest solar plants at a university in the nation.

Covering 15 acres, the solar power plant will generate more than 3½ million kilowatt hours of electricity annually. That's enough to meet more than 10 percent of the electricity consumed by the Foothills Campus at Colorado State University.
Gov. Bill Ritter, who attended Friday's dedication, said the project delivers on Colorado's promise of a "New Energy Economy."
"Not only is CSU researching and developing new clean-energy sources, it's adopting them to power its own operations," Ritter said in a statement.
CSU President Tony Frank said the university is "a leader in developing clean and renewable research solutions and has a strong research history in the field of solar energy."
"Our students and the community benefit from seeing real-life application of renewable energy at work. At the same time, we're saving money during tight fiscal times," Frank said in a statement. "Over 20 years, we expect to save the university more than $2 million in electric costs from the solar plant alone."
Read more:  http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20100123/NEWS01/1230328/Celebrating-solar-power
  
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