Mall Gets Solar Panels

Would you believe that an ice rink is actually getting help from the sun? Now that is something that you may think is absurd because the sun melts the ice and when that happens, there will be no ice rink – just a pool of water inside a mall.But this time it’s different. The sun’s power is absorbed by the solar panels and it is converted into usable energy. And that energy is what keeps the ice in that ice rink freezing. You got it now?

Thanks to this solar project, the University Towne Center in La Jolla is experiencing life with solar panels and solar power. It is the Westfield Group who has decided to have a go with solar power. The solar panels that were mounted on the roof of the mall were providing half of the total power needs of the ice rink as well as the food court.

Source: Sign On San Diego.com
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