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Maine-Endwell Central School District completes solar-panel installation, which now provides all its power

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MAINE, N.Y. — Maine-Endwell Central School District announced that crews recently finished installing 6,240 solar panels on its property, which will now generate 100 percent of the district’s electricity. The system was fully activated by the power company NYSEG on March 23. The solar panels are located on 15 acres of district-owned property, adjacent to […]

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The system was fully activated by the power company NYSEG on March 23. The solar panels are located on 15 acres of district-owned property, adjacent to Maine Memorial Elementary School on Route 26 in the town of Maine in Broome County, according to a school-district news release.

Maine-Endwell Central School District contracted on the project with Renovus Solar, which is based near Ithaca, and Eisenbach & Ruhnke Engineering, P.C., which is headquartered in Utica.

The district also secured New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) incentives for this project. Solar-array construction began in July 2020 and was completed in November 2020.

Renovus Solar says Maine-Endwell Central School District can expect to save more than $6 million on future energy costs, offsetting all of the costs of the project investment.

Jornal Staff