Since our first solar energy system came online in Sep. 2018, our total solar production has now exceeded 1.00 Gigawatt-hour (GWh) of electricity! Yes, that’s 1 million killowatt-hours (kWh), the units we are used to reading on our electric bills.
>> This has displaced more than 1.7 million lbs of CO2e (carbon dioxide-equivalent), in addition to other pollutants like sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, lead, and others.
>> This is enough energy to power 111 Hoosier households for a year, or drive around the world 133 times in an electric vehicle, or power a single light bulb for 11,415 years!
And that’s not all!
A new report out covering solar installations at K-12 schools shows that Indiana is #5 in that nation for total solar capacity! 41 MW have been installed so far, or 6 watts per capita. Good work, Hoosiers.
WHOOPIE, FANTASTIC and THANKS!
This is a spot of “sunlight” in a time where we indeed need good news!
This is such encouraging news!! Is there any possibility that this can be published in the Plymouth Pilot? Is there a possible project and additional resources of how this could be replicated in Plymouth for city homeowners? How can we contribute to this for the benefit of Plymouth or Knox??
Sr. Shirley,
Yes – great idea! Let me see what I can do 🙂
If you are viewing this website from a computer, look at the upper-right portion for a magnifying glass, indicating the search bar. Type in “solar” and scroll through the posts. You’ll be able to find information on several items:
*our local solar group purchase program, that last ran in 2019
*other institutions that have gone solar, like The Recycle Depot and the REES Theatre renovation
*regional solar planning workshop with Indiana leaders
*solar + pollinators research being conducted at TCAD.
Here’s a link to a press release from MACOG highlighting some of these: http://macog.com/news_item.html?post_id=5ecd54852920902e2cb19c9c&fbclid=IwAR3W6NZCdSAdkYEI1bX3VrwItrw9rzhWn5akfhxF1zUISzcnu0BTQ6GZ1fQ
Thanks, I finally got the message reply! Such fantastic news that I hope keeps spreading all through our area!!
Sr. Shirley
Great news about the solar
Wow, Adam, that is something to shout about. Hoosiers “and their power companies”
Are starting to do the right thing!
Grateful for all Your work, Adam.