Solar arrays are used efficiently over a parking lot.
According to the South Brunswick Post, Dow Jones has launched a massive solar project.
On Monday a ribbon cutting ceremony was held for the solar project which will be built on it’s route 1 campus. 13,000 solar panels will be installed on parking areas throughout the 2,000 acre campus. Depending on how much sunlight their is the solar system will account for between 15% to 50% of energy consumption of the campus.
During the ribbon cutting ceremony U.S. Senators Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez, made mention of the BP oil spill fiasco, and encouraged a need to move away from traditional dirty forms of generating power, such as oil, and coal, and move towards clean renewable sources of energy. The Senators heavily praised Dow Jones for it’s efforts to go solar, and encouraged other large corporate entities to follow in their foot steps.
The solar system will deliver 3.6 megawatts from the solar panels installed on the parking areas. Another 522 kilowatts will be generated from solar installations attached to roofs.
The generated power will be used to offset the campus’s needs from electric company PSE&G during times of sunlight. When their are times of less energy consumption the generated power will be fed into the grid.
The massive solar power system is expected to be completed in 2011, and will be constructed by SunPower Corp.
