Washington and Lee University has declared the contracting of an accord with Secure Futures, a Staunton, VA-based solar power developing company to erect two solar PV panels at two locations on the W & L campus to generate a total of 450 kW power.
Solar Installation over the Lewis Hall Roofing. Credit: Washington and Lee University
The University is pursuing the solar installation to contribute to the green energy generation and to save money.
The first of the solar installation with a capability to generate 120 kW will be erected over a canopy, which the University is planning to construct on the upper deck of its parking structure located within the campus. The second installation with a capability to produce 330 kW power will be installed over the rooftop of the home of the Washington and Lee School of Law, the Lewis Hall.
The rooftop installation over Lewis Hall will incorporate around 1,032 solar PV panels produced by SunPower and will be completed by Southern Energy Management, a Morrisville, N.C.- based company and the installation over the canopy of the parking deck consisting of 540 solar PB panels produced by Sanyo will be completed by Standard Solar, a Rockville, MD- based company. The solar installation will be developed and managed by Lexington Solar, a subsidiary company of Secure Futures. The University has contracted a power purchase agreement with Secure Futures to purchase the solar electricity generated from the installations.
The solar installations anticipated to be finished around the last part of the year will earn the name as the largest solar project in Virginia. The power generated by the project is adequate to meet the annual power requirements of around 44 houses in Lexington.