Solar4Rschools – Renewable Energy Education – Glass Energy Electronics

More than 100 schools and counting have Photovoltaic Systems!

 

Glass Energy Electronics has issued a call for project sites and is looking for a few good Solar4Rschools and Renewable Energy Education sites.  These privately funded Community Solar projects will have supporting funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.  Grant applications and all site administration, planning, contracting, installation, permits, WEB based monitoring and all aspects of the projects will be handled by Glass Energy Electronics.  The sites will receive not only regular lease payments for the use of the sites; they will receive FREE ELECTRICITY from the Net Metering Agreements which Glass Energy Electronics will negotiate with the appropriate utility.  Please contact us today and let us know when we may arrange a time to review your site.

Solar 4R Schools and PSE Renewable Energy Education have installed solar panels on schools across the country, from elementary schools to colleges.  You’ll find them all here, plus the team has installed solar-electric systems on other buildings that serve as educational hubs for their communities.  They’re here, too.  Some schools have wind turbines as well and other interesting information like how much energy their building uses in relation to how much their solar panels generate.

PSE – Renewable Energy Education – partial site locations

Plus schools join the Renewable Classroom program all the time—that means they don’t have their own solar PV arrays, but they have classroom science kits with renewable energy activities and games and they use the power data on this site to learn more about renewable energy.  So can you! Browse Solar 4R Schools projects through the list, the map, or the gallery of pictures.  You can tell what school has what by following the links!

BFE - Solar4RSchools – partial site locations

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SeaHawks Go Solar - Glass Energy Electronics

The Seattle Seahawks stadium, Qwest Field Event Center, is adding solar panels to its roof.
The solar arrays from Fremont, Calif.-based Solyndra are racks of thin-film CIGS (copper, indium, gallium, and selenide) solar cells shaped like tubes. The racks will cover approximately 2.5 acres, about 80 percent, of Qwest Field, Solyndra announced yesterday.

Solyndra is known for its tube-shape solar cells that capture direct, diffuse, and reflected sunlight throughout the day without the need for a rotating mechanism, the method often used to maximize the efficiency of flat solar panels.
The arrays for Qwest Field will come from Solyndra's state-of-the-art solar manufacturing plant in California, which was built in part with a $535 million federal loan guarantee from the Department of Energy. The plant is a showcase for U.S. green-tech manufacturing: It employs over 1,000 people operating robotics manufacturing tools as a way to curb production costs and compete against inexpensive solar panels from China while keeping jobs in the U.S.
In this case, the arrays will also take advantage of the light reflected from the Seattle stadium's white "cool roof," which was originally installed to reduce the amount of heat absorbed by the building. Because Solyndra's panels can capture reflected light, the white roof reflection should increase the system's electricity production, according to Solyndra.
The solar system is being installed by McKinstry, an energy solutions company that has also designed and installed Qwest Field's low-flow water fixtures and high-efficiency lighting systems.
When complete at the end of the summer, the solar installation is expected to generate enough electricity annually to power the equivalent of 95 homes, and result in a 21 percent reduction in the stadium's utility costs. As a way to promote and educate people about solar technology, fans will also be able to track the electricity production and use at computer kiosks on the stadium grounds, according to Solyndra.
The Seattle Seahawks team is owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, who recently created the Green Sports Alliance in conjunction with the Natural Resources Defense Council. The Green Sports Alliance, which has the endorsement of six pro sports leagues as well as the Environmental Protection Agency, has made it its mission to persuade sports stadiums around the U.S. to upgrade their environmental efforts.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-20063981-54.html#ixzz1Mw05Oy6P

-- Ron "SolarRon" Wilson Glass Energy Electronics Sales & Marketing 425-691-7365

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