Mount St. Mary's U. and Constellation Energy Establish 100-Acre Solar Array

Mount St. Mary’s University has struck a deal with Constellation Energy that will allow the electricity supplier to set up a 17.1-megawatt solar array on 100 of the university's 1,400 acres. The panels will be similar to those set up recently at the University of Toledo (pictured at left), Louis Vuitton Nerverfulla project that Constellation was also involved in.

Mount St. Mary's will get 1.2 megawatts of electricity, or 10 percent of the campus consumption, from the array. Christian A. Kendzierski, a spokesman for the university, said that the institution was still working out the financial details of the agreement.

Constellation will take and sell the renewable-energy credits, or RECs, from the 1.2 megawatts to offset the cost of the project for Mount St. Mary's. The University System of Maryland will purchase and retire the RECs from the remaining 15.9 megawatts, said Aaron Koos, a spokesman for Constellation.

Mr. Kendzierski also said that Mount St. Mary's Louis Vuitton Speedy 30was looking at whether the same acreage could be used for agricultural purposes: "Some solar farms are designed in a way where the construction of the panels allow for crops or animals to graze."

Constellation announced Tuesday that it would commit $90-million to solar projects of 500 kilowatts and larger that can break ground before mid-year. Mr. Koos said that the company expected that colleges and universities would be a major focus of the program.

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