OXFORD, Mich. — Solar panels are expected to produce two-thirds of the electricity needed to operate the Upland Hills School complex this year, the school director told The Oakland Press.
The private school complex includes a school, theater, dome workshop and the director's house, according to The Press. The monthly bill is expected to run around $175, Phillip Moore, school director, told The Press.
If the school adds a wind generator within the next five years, as planned, it will become a net energy school and have spare electricity to share with neighbors, Moore said, according to The Press.
Moore said the annual electricity cost was about $7,000 before the solar panel system was installed and now will be approximately $2,000 to $3,000. The cost of the system itself was not reported.
SOURCE:
The Oakland Press, "Solar school: Upland Hills to produce
two-thirds of power this school year with new solar panels," Sept. 8, 2010
FURTHER READING:
Michigan Capitol Confidential, "Michigan's Costly Tab for
Cap-and-Trade," July 9, 2010
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