Hampshire College Campus - Amherst MA
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N 42° 19.189 W 072° 31.763
18T E 703588 N 4688242
Seen from West Bay Street in Amherst
Waymark Code: WMW05Z
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 06/19/2017
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One of the largest solar arrays on any college campus on the East Coast is built at Hampshire College, with the campus poised to become the first in the United States to have all its electricity needs met by the 4-megawatt project.
The 15,000 ground-mounted solar panels being installed on 19 acres of Hampshire’s campus by solar developer SolarCity also comes with a financial benefit for the town, as a payment-in-lieu-of taxes deal will net Amherst more than $500,000 over the next 20 years.
The 4-megawatt system will be financed, built and operated by SolarCity and can deliver up to 6.4 million kilowatt hours per year. That’s enough for Hampshire College, which uses about the same amount of power as 590 average-size homes, based on information from the college.
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