Last week, Crayola officially “plugged in” its new 15-acre solar farm at its Forks Township facility in Pennsylvania. Comprised of 26,200 solar panels, the crayon manufacturer will generate enough clean, renewable power to produce 1/3 of its annual production of 3 billion crayons. That’s a pretty nice shade of green! The $11.5 million project became [...]
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In New Jersey, they’re harvesting more than just vegetables at Seabrook Farms. The company announced this week that its signed a 15-year deal with SBS Energy Partners to grow solar power, too. That’s right, Seabrook has agreed to install and maintain over 27,000 solar panels on 21 acres of its land. Resulting solar power will [...]
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You might have heard of P-Patches – small plots of land shared by neighbors to grow fruits, vegetables and flowers. That concept, hundreds of years old, has been brought into the 21st century. Today, some people are joining together to grow renewable energy! Community solar gardens are another way that friends and neighbors can join [...]
Like many solutions to reducing carbon footprints and saving energy, its the little things that make a big difference. That’s why so many people are thinking big with small solar! Instead of waiting for your utility company or a private investor to build a mega solar farm, and then transmit solar electricity along a grid [...]
Next month, construction will begin on a new solar energy field in Ohio – about 60 miles southeast of Toledo. While solar farms are springing up all over the U.S. (and the world, in fact), the new Ohio solar energy field will be one of the largest in America. Here’s the what/when/why about the utility [...]
This week, a giant solar reserve project in Washington State was announced. It comes on the heels of several additional solar farms that have been publicized this week. I wonder if there is something in the air (other than the sun), to inspire all this renewable energy development? The $100 million proposal, called the Teanaway [...]
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