CSU’s Recycled Solar Power
October 28, 2008 by Noel
Filed under Green Living
There are currently 23 campuses in the California State University. Now among those 23, 15 would be receiving solar power – recycled solar power to be exact.Such a solar project has arisen with a private cooperation of the campus with SunEdison. With that, the 15 CSU campuses would then be receiving 8 megawatts of power straight from the sun and that would be for free.
Sarah Bronstein is the Community and Environmental Affairs of Associated Students director over at one of the campuses of CSU and she says, “SunEdison is leasing rooftops to the CSU in return for the power they produce, which they have to buy back. The CSU gets to use the energy for free and the energy is also sustainable and creates jobs and pumps money into the green economy, which our state is longing for right now.”
One real good project coming up. And what’s even better is that SunEdison would be operating and maintaining whatever they put up on those campuses.
Source: Spartan Daily
Image source: FreeFoto.com
great idea. also enlightens the students to solar energy that might not have bothered normally. a win/win situation indeed. there is no reason why every college can’t do this.