2009-2010 PROJECTS
AIKEN SOLAR TRACKERS
Project Progress
Project Description
100% complete In 2010, the CEF funded the installation of seventeen 4 kilowatt AllSun Trackers™ by AllEarth Renewables, Inc. The AllSun Trackers™ are “dual-axis active trackers that use GPS to ensure the solar panels always follow the sun” to produce the optimal amount of electricity. The electricity produced from these solar trackers will count towards the LEED accreditation for the greening of UVM's Aiken building, home of the Rubenstein School of Environment & Natural Resources. The trackers, installed in December 2010, are operated by AllEarth Renewables, Inc., under a power purchase agreement and will be purchased outright by UVM in five years. Energy Production: approximately 95,880 kilowatt-hours per year CO2 Equivalent Reduction: approximately 35 metric tons per year Location: 705 Spear Street
Photographs from the course module related to this project can be seen online at: http://tinyurl.com/6au6t9c Student Involvement Project Budget Expenditures to Date
Students from the Greening of Aiken course visited construction site; student interns documented the installation Up to $200,000 Funds appropriated for lease to purchase arrangement of solar trackers at U.S. Forest Service property on 705 Spear Street.
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$ 200,000.00