Citrus Valley High School in Redlands, California is going solar with a 1,200-panel array - and the school anticipates that its new solar power system will provide big energy savings down the road.
San Bernardino's Sun newspaper reports November 7 that Citrus Valley plans to generate 30 percent of the energy it needs with the solar installation. That should lead to savings of at least $120,000 per year, school principal Bernie Cavanagh said.
Because Citrus Valley pays for energy through its General Fund, slashing energy spending will allow the school to keep staff or programs it might otherwise have to eliminate. Redlands, like communities across the country, is having trouble making ends meet due to the sluggish economy - so now is a great time for the town to go solar.
"These are very tough times financially, so any time and any place we can generate savings is a good thing because in the long run, it goes to save programs and people," Cavanagh said to the Sun.
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Citrus Valley High School in Redlands, California is going solar with a 1,200-panel array - and the school anticipates that its new solar power system will provide big energy savings down the road.
