Furman’s new $1.7 million solar farm is expected to reduce the university’s electricity costs by up to 5 percent and greenhouse gas emissions by 3 percent.
It will also bring the university’s solar power production to the maximum allowed under state law. South Carolina Public Radio was on campus recently to learn more about the ambitious project that is expected to be completed by early 2017. An excerpt of their broadcast is included below.
“Work is underway at Furman University in Greenville on a large solar farm sited on five acres of land at the main entrance to campus. It’s the latest step in Furman’s goal of using renewable energy to become a carbon-neutral campus in ten years.
Jeff Redderson, head of Furman’s facilities and campus services, says when the new solar farm comes on line next year it will move the university closer to closer reaching its’ carbon-neutral goal by 2026, when Furman celebrates its 200th anniversary.”
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