Bioreserve Solar Panel Denison University Area Acres

A few friends hiking on nearby trails have asked him about the new pond or lake installed on a small section of about 350 acres of forested preserve owned.

Bioreserve solar panel denison university area acres.

Denison university s pollinator friendly solar array is the first of its kind in the state of ohio and the first in a five state area demonstrating an innovative and productive use for the land. This array along with a smaller teaching array located behind denison s red barn recycling station became active in 2017. By comparison imagine solar power. They in turn are attracting and supporting birdlife in the college s adjacent 350 acre biological reserve.

Our largest solar array comprised of 6750 panels located on a 10 acre degraded field in the college s bioreserve provides 2 3 megawatts of energy. The panels are shiny and look like water. Denison currently receives 15 of its energy from solar energy. So many people from all different interests came together to build this project says jeremy king denison s sustainability coordinator.

A proposed solar panel array on denison university s biological reserve cleared another hurdle this week as the year long debate over the project continues. After a closed hearing with the. The reserve encompasses 350 acres in three contiguous sections that are within easy walking distance of campus. Nrel s previous estimates and calculations of solar energy s land use requirements published several years ago suggested that it could meet the u s total electric demand circa 2005 levels with a footprint of about 0 6 percent of the nation s total land area or somewhere around 14 15 million acres.

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