Green Power Projects
Introduction
AASHE's Higher Education Green Power Projects Database includes both on-campus renewable energy installations as well as power purchase agreements for renewable energy generated off-site.
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280 kW Ground Mount Array: Baker Village
- Luther College (IA)
The 280 kilowatt (kW) facility is installed on the north edge of campus and powers Baker Village—an energy-efficient, all-electric student housing complex that utilizes geothermal energy for heating and cooling. …
- Posted Sept. 11, 2012
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28 kW Ground Mount: Plant Service Operations Building
- Southern Illinois University Carbondale (IL)
In 2004, SIU received a grant to install a 28kW photovoltaic solar array by the Plant Service Operations building. Since then, the array has produced over 91,000 kWh of electricity …
- Posted June 12, 2012
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463 kW Ground Mount Array: MacroTechnology Works - Parking Lot
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- Ameresco, Inc. (MA)
- Encap Development LLC (MA)
Ground-mount parking canopy. MacroTechnology Works; ASU Research Park. Fixed. 1,595 panels 452.98 kWdc. PV Panel Type: Canadian Solar CS6X-P 290W, polycrystalline Inverter Type: Advanced Energy AE500TX (1)
- Posted May 9, 2012
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2.3 MW Solar Field
- Oberlin College (OH)
- SPG Solar (CA)
The array consists of 7,722 polycrystalline photovoltaic (PV) panels bolted to a ground-mounted tracking system and covers about 10 acres of agricultural land on the northwest corner of campus, near …
- Posted May 1, 2012
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322 kW Solar Arrays: J.J. Pickle Research Campus
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
- Jamail & Smith Construction (TX)
At the J. J. Pickle Research Campus (PRC) in north Austin, the system consists of two solar arrays. One is incorporated on top of a newly built carport structure alongside …
- Posted March 22, 2012
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28 kW Rooftop Mounts: Manor Parking Garage
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
- Meridian Solar (TX)
- Alpha Building Corporation (TX)
University of Texas at Austin's Manor Parking Garage is now solar powered. Three different types of solar panels provide shade to rooftop parking as well as valuable research data for …
- Posted March 22, 2012
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246 kW Ground Mount Array: University Services Building - Parking Lot 45
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- Ameresco, Inc. (MA)
- NRG Energy, Inc (NJ)
Ground mount parking canopy. University Services Building North Parking Lot 45. Fixed. 852 panels. 246.06 kWdc. PV Panel Type: Canadian Solar MaxPower CS6X-285P, CS6X-290P polycrystalline Inverter Type: Adv Energy PV …
- Posted Feb. 15, 2012
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166 kW Ground Mount Array: Parking Lot 59 East at Sun Devil Sports Performance
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- Ameresco, Inc. (MA)
- NRG Energy, Inc (NJ)
Ground mount parking canopy. Sun Devil Sports Performance Center. Fixed. 576 panels. 166.38 kWdc. 27 shaded parking spaces. PV Panel Type: Canadian Solar MaxPower CS6X-285P, CS6X-290P polycrystalline Inverter Type: Adv …
- Posted Feb. 15, 2012
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6 kW Waubonsee Community College PV System
- Waubonsee Community College (IL)
Funded by the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation, the 5 kilowatt solar array was installed at Waubonsee’s Sugar Grove Campus in fall 2010. The installation was completed by a local …
- Posted Nov. 4, 2011
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1.3 MW Ground Mount Solar Farm: the Polytechnic Campus
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- SunPower Corp (CA)
Ground mount. Polytechnic campus. Single-axis-tracker. 1.313 MW. Compoetion date = 12/31/12.Power Purchase Agreement. PV Panel Type: Oasis C7 tracker CPV Power Purchase Agreement.
- Posted Oct. 25, 2011
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10 kW Ground Mount Array: Harvard Forest
- Harvard University (MA)
A renewable energy source was commissioned at Harvard Forest in 2007. Moss Hollow, LLC (Lunenburg, MA) completed installation of a 10KW solar array next to the new Facilities Barn. Support …
- Posted Oct. 19, 2011
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25 MW Solar Zone at UA Tech Park
- University of Arizona (AZ)
Occupying 223 acres of land, the Solar Zone at the UA Tech Park is the largest multi-technology solar testing, evaluation, and demonstration site in the United States. It is one …
- Posted Oct. 17, 2011
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1.9 MW Ground Mount Trackers - West
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- Solar Power Partners
- Ameresco, Inc. (MA)
Ground mount. West campus ground mount: Single-axis tracking. 6,960 panels. 1,926.39 kWdc. 13.2 acres. PV Panel Type: Suntech Polyrystalline 280 watts Inverter Type: SATCON PowerGate Plus 500 (3), PowerGate Plus …
- Posted Oct. 17, 2011
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86 kW Ground Mount Array: Verde Dickey Dome
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- Ameresco, Inc. (MA)
- NRG Energy, Inc (NJ)
Gound mount system. Verde Dickey Dome (formerly Indoor Practice Facility): Fixed. 700 panels. 168 kWdc. PV Panel Type: Kyocera KD240GX-LPB(ZT) Inverter Type: Adv Energy PV Powered 75 (1), 50 (1)
- Posted Oct. 17, 2011
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40 kW University of Arizona Biosphere 2
- University of Arizona (AZ)
Working with Solarmax Arizona, Biosphere 2 researchers adhered solar panels to the material used to cover the tailings mounts, Allen said. Three different mounting options are now being tested at …
- Posted Oct. 17, 2011
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740 kW Solar Field
- Rider University (NJ)
- RGS Energy (CO)
Rider has partnered with PSE&G and Alteris Renewables (now Real Goods Solar) to install a 3.2 acre, 0.74 megawatt solar field at the back of the campus just beyond the …
- Posted Oct. 6, 2011
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75 kW Solar Light Pathway
- Massachusetts Maritime Academy (MA)
The 62 solar pathway and parking lot lights, powered by photovoltaic (PV) panels, are completely independent of the electric grid. These solar powered light posts can easily be installed wherever …
- Posted Oct. 6, 2011
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10 kW Ground Mount Array: Athletic Fields
- Wellesley College (MA)
Wellesley’s 10 kilowatt photovoltaic solar panels at the Sports Fields have been generating renewable energy for electricity on campus since 2010. In 2014, the solar panels produced 12,381.3 kilowatt hours …
- Posted Oct. 6, 2011
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4 kW Ground Mount Array: Sustainability House
- Luther College (IA)
- GoSolar! (IA)
The Sustainability House receives electricity from a 4 kilowatt (kW), pole-mounted solar array erected on a nearby parcel of land. The $22,000 system was installed in the summer of 2011 …
- Posted Oct. 6, 2011
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17.4 MW Solar Farm (100 Acres)
- Mount St. Mary's University (MD)
- University System of Maryland Office (MD)
- Constellation Energy (MD)
Mount St. Mary's University hosts a 17.4-megawatt solar power system on 100 acres of land on its East Campus that it leased to Constellation Energy. The University of Maryland System …
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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8 MW Solar System: West Windsor Campus (45 Acres)
- Mercer County Community College (NJ)
An 8-megawatt solar project installed by the Mercer County Improvement Authority (MCIA) at Mercer County Community College (MCCC) is expected to save the college $15 million over the next 15 …
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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6 MW Solar Field (41 Acres)
- United States Air Force Academy (CO)
- SunPower Corp (CA)
This $18.3-million project was funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Comprised of 18,888 solar panels spread over 41 acres, the solar field is expected to generate …
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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6 MW Solar Field (39 Acres)
- West Hills Community College District (CA)
West Hills Community College's solar project covers 39 acres at the West Hills Community College Coalinga campus Farm of the Future project. It was designed to reduce the district's electric …
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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5.3 MW Solar Field
- Princeton University (NJ)
- SunPower Corp (CA)
Princeton's 5.3-megawatt solar array went online in fall 2012. The system provided approximately 5.5 percent of campus electricity in 2013. A third party will claim the CO2 reductions until the …
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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5 MW Multi-Technology Solar Array
- Arizona Western College (AZ)
The Arizona Western College 5 MW Solar Array is a unique combination of five (5) solar photovoltaic (PV) technologies all deployed at 1 MW equivalent scale at the “sunniest place …
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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3.3 MW Ground Mount Array: Foothills Campus Chrisman Field Solar Plant (Phase 2)
- Colorado State University (CO)
- FSL Solar
A 5.3 megawatt (5,300 kW), 30-acre solar plant is located at Chrisman Field on the Foothills Campus (Phase 1 completed, Dec. 2009 and Phase 2 completed, Dec. 2010). The plant …
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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2.2 MW Solar Farm (17 Acres)
- University of Maryland Eastern Shore (MD)
- SunEdison
UMES activated a “solar farm” on a former cornfield in early 2011 and its 7,800 collection panels have been converting the sun’s rays into electricity at a healthy clip ever …
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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2 MW Ground Mount Array: Foothills Campus Chrisman Field Solar Plant (Phase 1)
- Colorado State University (CO)
- AMEC
- FSL Solar
A 5.3 megawatt (5,300 kW), 30-acre solar plant is located at Chrisman Field on the Foothills Campus (Phase 1 completed, Dec. 2009 and Phase 2 completed, Dec. 2010). The plant …
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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2 MW Solar Field (15 Acres)
- Florida Gulf Coast University (FL)
Florida Gulf Coast University has completed construction of a 15-acre solar photovoltaic array that produces approximately 85 percent of the energy needed to operate its Engineering and Business School buildings, …
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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1.6 MW Expansion: Solar Zone at Science & Technology Park
- University of Arizona (AZ)
In December 2010, a 1.6-megawatt solar energy system dually built by SOLON Corporation and Tucson Electric Power Company was installed. SOLON has built its own manufacturing facility in Tucson and …
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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1.4 MW Solar Field
- Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick Campus (NJ)
- SunDurance Energy (NJ)
Nearly half of the $10 million cost of the project – $4.9 million – will be subsidized by a rebate through the NJ BPU (Board of Public Utilities) Clean Energy …
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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1.2 MW Solar Field
- Colorado State University, Pueblo (CO)
The University became home to one of the largest solar power systems on a campus anywhere in the nation thanks to a partnership with BP Solar and Black Hills Energy …
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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1.2 MW Solar Field
- Napa Valley College (CA)
- PowerLight Corporation (CA)
The 1.2 megawatt photovoltaic system will provide power to meet 40 percent of the electricity needs on campus. The solar array has 5,600 panels covering 6.5 acres of flood plain …
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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1.1 MW Solar Field (8 Acres)
- University of Toledo (OH)
- Constellation Energy (MD)
Constellation Energy installed a 1.12 megawatt solar system and 84 kW wind system at the University of Toledo’s Scott Park Campus of Energy and Innovation in Toledo, Ohio. The campus …
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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1.1 MW Ground Mount Array (Phase 1)
- Butte College (CA)
Ground-mount (1,060 kW). PV Panel Type: 5,700 PV panels.
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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1 MW Seventh Avenue Ground Mount Array
- California State University, Monterey Bay (CA)
- SunEdison
The 6.4-acre solar panel array – consisting of approximately 3,900 panels – was installed at ground level on a vacant lot on the east side of Seventh Avenue, between Col. …
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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1 MW Ground Mount and Rooftop Arrays: Corporation Yard and College of Education Rooftop Array
- California State University, San Bernardino (CA)
- SunEdison
CSUSB first introduced renewable energy production to the San Bernardino campus in August 2007 with the installation of 320 kW in two roof-top photovoltaic (PV) arrays. In September 2010, two …
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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1.1 MW Solar Field (8.5 acres)
- University of California, Merced (CA)
- SunPower Corp (CA)
The system is located on 8.5 acres southeast of the Science & Engineering Building. It consists of 4,900 solar panels that follow the sun’s movement during the day. The system …
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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1 MW Solar Field
- Shasta College (CA)
- SunPower Corp (CA)
The college generates about 36 percent of its energy from a field of solar collectors on the north edge of campus. The 1-megawatt solar array began producing power in spring …
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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1 MW Solar Field (6 Acres)
- Victor Valley College (CA)
In November 2009, the VVCCD Board of Trustees approved moving forward with a 1 MegaWatt Solar Generating Facility. The system uses large area lenses to focus sunlight on small areas …
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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959 kW Solar Farm
- Cerro Coso College (CA)
- Kern Community College District (CA)
Construction was completed in June of 2004. The general project design consists of 6 ½ acres of ground mounted Sharp Electronic solar modules and a free standing concrete building that …
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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750 kW Solar Strand
- University at Buffalo (NY)
- Solar Liberty (NY)
The University at Buffalo Solar Strand, brought to life by world-renowned artist Walter Hood, reflects the transformative vision that defines UB’s long-range aspirations. Groups of photovoltaic panels are mounted onto …
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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510 kW Photovoltaic Educational Laboratory
- Milwaukee Area Technical College (WI)
- Johnson Controls, Inc (WI)
The 32-acre, 510 kW facility is believed to be the first of its kind in the United States. Energy produced at the site is used to operate the Milwaukee Public …
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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500 kW Solar Field (3.5 Acres)
- University of New Mexico, Taos (NM)
The 3.5 acre solar array contains over 2,700 photovoltaic panels and generates 500 kilowatts of power---more than enough to serve all the power needs of the UNM-Taos campus. Any additional …
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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500 kW Ground Mount Array
- Monroe County Community College (MI)
Officials have officially inaugurated a 500 kW solar installation located on the main campus of Monroe County Community College (MCCC) in Monroe County, Mich. The $3 million photovoltaic system on …
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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400 kW Solar Farm (3.9 Acres)
- Saint John's University (MN)
With 1,820 modules on 3.9 acres, the solar array will produce 575,000 kWh annually. The solar farm will produce 4% of Saint John's energy needs on an annual basis, but …
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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300 kW Solar Field (3 Acres)
- Cochise College (AZ)
- SPG Solar (CA)
Located between the baseball field and the service entrance, the project is a collaboration with Eternax Solar, SPG Solar and APS. It is expected to generate 720,000 kilowatts of power …
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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240 kW Ground Mount Array
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (FL)
Ground mount, single-axis tracking on 1 acre. PV Panel Type: (768) ASE (Schott) 300 watt PV panels. Inverter Type: (8) Xantrex 30 kW inverters
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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182 kW Solar Ground Mount
- Deep Springs College (NV)
- PowerLight Corporation (CA)
In California, PowerLight Corporation has installed a 182-kilowatt system at Deep Springs College in Bishop, CA.
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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76 kW Ground Mount Array: Carter-Finley
- North Carolina State University (NC)
- Southern Energy Management (NC)
The 75.6 kilowatt (kW) system, comprising 432 ground-mounted solar panels was dedicated in January 2008. Owned by Carolina Solar, the array was the largest in the state at the time …
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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