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Solar Power on Campus (Ongoing)
Recent Project Updates
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8/2/2022
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3/10/2022
SSC received semesterly report for Fall 2021 for InSPIRE Solar Charging Stations project on 12/26/2021. Please see attached.
Project Family
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Use Clean Power
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Solar Power on Campus
- ECE Rooftop Solar PVs
- Install Solar PVs on NCPD
- Solar Farm 1.0
- Rooftop Solar Potential
- BIF Rooftop Solar PVs
- Ground Mounted Solar PVs BRC Research Test Bed
- E37 Parking Lot Solar Lighting
- InSPIRE Solar Powered Outdoors Table (SPOT)
- KCPA Rooftop Solar Feasibility Study
- Solar Farm 2.0
- Solar PVs at Idea Garden
- Solar PVs on Fruit Farm Admin Building
- Solar PVs on I Hotel and Conference Center
- Solar PVs on President's Garden Shed
- Solar Panels on Everitt Lab
- Solar at Willard Airport
- Speech and Hearing Rooftop Solar PVs
- Uni High Gym Rooftop Solar PVs
- Wassaja Hall Rooftop Solar PVs
- SSC Solar Feasibility Study
- Wind Power on Campus
- Clean Power Agreements Off-Campus
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Solar Power on Campus
Key Objective
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3.2 Expand On-Campus Solar Energy Production
(2015 iCAP)
Associated Collections
Description
The 2015 iCAP, chapter 3, objective 2 is "Expand on-campus solar energy production. By FY20, produce at least 12,500 MWh/year, and by FY25 at least 25,000 MWh/year, from solar installations on campus property." Commonly used solar technologies are solar photovoltaics for electricity, solar thermal water heating, and passive solar design for space heating and cooling. This page describes the overarching efforts for on-campus solar production, with child projects for each effort (whether proposed, in progress, completed, or cancelled).
A variety of technologies convert sunlight to usable energy. Rooftop solar arrays can generate energy for a building without expanding the building's space footprint. They can make use of underutilized space and serve as a learning tool for students. Ground mounted solar PV panels do not need a roof strong enough to support the weight of the panels. They still need to be fastened strongly enough to prevent the wind from blowing them over. Solar on Parking Decks or Parking Lots needs to be raised above the height of the parked vehicles, and that adds cost to the installations.
Background
Solar Energy Generation on Campus
Annotations
- FY 2008:
iCAP baseline year
- FY 2009:
Production started at BIF
- FY 2014:
Production started at BRC
- FY 2016:
Production started at Wassaja and Solar Farm 1.0
- FY 2019:
Production started at ECE
- FY 2021:
Production started at Solar Farm 2.0 and Conference Center
Themes
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Primary Theme:
Project Location(s)
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