Over the 15-year life expectancy of the system, the up-front cost of installation is predicted to more than pay for itself, as it will save the school district over $15 million throughout that period.

Replacing the system makes environmental and financial sense, as it makes the Lyle Center carbon neutral and will save the university $30,000 each year in utility costs.

New Jersey and Pennsylvania legislatures and schoold boards are so serious about schools implementing solar energy that they are trying to put it into law.

The Center for Innovation and Creativity on the campus at the University of Colorado at Boulder is now ten percent solar powered, courtesy of a 370-solar-panel installation that was recently installed atop the center’s roof. The solar installation is the most recent addition to CU Boulder under the university’s long-term sustainability commitment initiative and will [...]

a school in Richardsville, Kentucky is poised to make energy history, and in the process make inroads as far as renewable energy adoption and awareness in middle America.

The power company is using state renewable energy credits and federal investment tax credits to finance the 33 total projects at schools, correctional facilities and municipal buildings that will generate roughly 100 kilowatt-hours (kWh) each. But by installing the solar energy systems in poor areas, Main Street Power will also be able to utilize federal development tax credits.

In an effort to further strengthen his state’s, “New Energy Economy,” Colorado Governor Bill Ritter has recently announced $2.2 million in New Energy Economic Development (NEED) grants for 23 state communities, school districts and nonprofits.

By the end of this calendar year, all 16 schools in the Denver Public School District will be equipped with rooftop solar arrays, thanks to MP2 Capital and a grant via the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). MP2 Capital is a leading developer, financier and operator of solar energy systems throughout North America. The [...]

ASU is taking on a brand new, 17,000-panel solar energy installation, this time at its West campus in Phoenix, Arizona. 10,000 of those panels will be installed in the form of a shade canopy over the top of three of the campus’ south-facing parking lots. The other 7,000 panels will stand to the left of the parking lots in an open field where poles will be punched into the ground to hold the panels up to the sun.

It was announced today that the University of Delaware will install a solar photovoltaic (PV) system atop three buildings across the school’s main campus in Newark. At 850 kilowatts (kW), the solar installation will, according to GetSolar’s solar cost calculator, produce approximately 950,00 kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity each year — equal to the annual [...]