From the Arizona Republic:
More than 20 percent of the energy needs of Arizona State University’s main campus eventually could be met by one of the largest rooftop solar-power plants in the United States.
ASU planned to announce an agreement today under which three companies will install, at their expense, solar electricity-generating equipment on up to 330,000 square feet of rooftop space at its main campus in Tempe. [...]
The plan calls for 2 megawatts of generating capacity installed on 135,000 square feet by the end of the year.
That’s enough to run 4,600 computers and reduce carbon emissions by 2,825 tons per year, or the equivalent of taking 530 cars off the road for a year. Long-term plans call for up to 7 megawatts of solar-generating capacity to be built at ASU in Tempe, with additional solar installations at its campuses in downtown Phoenix and other locations.
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