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01 Oct '12, 9pm

Celebrating the installation of 5,000 #solar panels on 14 @BVSDcolorado district schools with @USGBC:

BOULDER — Boulder Valley School District (BVSD), one of the greenest school districts in the country, and SolarCity®, a national leader in clean energy services, today announced the installation of more than 5,000 solar panels on 14 schools across the district. The district celebrated the 1.4-megawatt (MW) solar project Monday, October 1, with a “flip the switch” ceremony at Foothill Elementary School, one of the 14 schools that are part of the project. The photovoltaic systems will deliver environmental benefits to the region, eliminating over 110 million pounds of annual carbon dioxide emissions, which is the equivalent of taking roughly 300 cars off Colorado’s roads each year. The systems will also allow the district to pay less for solar electricity over the course of the 20-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) than it currently pays for utility power “The primary goal ...

Full article: http://www.solarcity.com/pressreleases/135/Boulder-Valley...

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