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BUTTE COLLEGE NOW LARGEST SOLAR CAMPUS IN CALIFORNIA.

Publication: Industrial Environment
Publication Date: 01-APR-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
With national attention focused on renewable energy policies, Butte College cemented its leadership in use of solar power by unveiling three new solar projects which will help the college achieve its goal of becoming a carbon neutral campus by 2015. With its newest sets of energy-capturing panels, 44 percent of the campus will be powered through solar energy -- making the college the largest solar producing campus in the state.

The college also projects it will save $32.6 million in reduced energy costs over 20 years. The college will realize this financial savings since over the next 20 years it will pay a fixed energy-use fee and not be subjected to energy price increases.

The 2,400, 185-watt Mitsubishi Electric solar modules make an impressive statement on a sloping hillside, absorbing sunlight into the solar cells and converting it into electricity. This recent addition of...

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