如果一切按計劃進行,科羅拉多州大學(xué)將增加一個3.3兆瓦的太陽能發(fā)電廠,以保證圣誕期間的供電需求。
該大學(xué)已經(jīng)在柯林斯堡的某校區(qū)建立了一個2兆瓦的太陽能發(fā)電廠,產(chǎn)生電力的10%用來供給學(xué)校設(shè)施的需求。
負(fù)責(zé)設(shè)施的主管布萊恩說,學(xué)校正在尋求相關(guān)支持來保證這個計劃的順利進行。
一家私營公司將建立并且擁有這個14英畝的太陽能發(fā)電廠,并且許諾在20年之內(nèi)以固定的價格將電賣給學(xué)校,此項目至少為該大學(xué)省下了數(shù)百萬美元的資金。
FORT COLLINS, COLO. ― Colorado State University plans to add a 3.3-megawatt solar farm that could be generating power by Christmas, if all goes according to plan.
The university already has a 2-megawatt solar facility on its Foothills Campus west of Fort Collins that generates about 10 percent of the power needs on that campus.
CSU facilities director Brian Chase says the school plans to seek county approval this summer of its plan for the new solar farm
A private company would build and own the 14-acre solar farm, and Xcel Energy would sell the power back to the university at a fixed price for 20 years.
Chase says the project would save the university at least several million dollars over time.