{"id":10767,"date":"2014-09-30T07:17:23","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T11:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=10767"},"modified":"2014-09-30T07:19:47","modified_gmt":"2014-09-30T11:19:47","slug":"nyc-schools-to-use-more-solar-power-how-about-in-sunny-southeast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2014\/09\/nyc-schools-to-use-more-solar-power-how-about-in-sunny-southeast.html","title":{"rendered":"NYC Schools to use more solar power; how about in sunny southeast?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\nSolar high schools: not just for\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/03\/videos-solar-dublin-high-school-groundbreaking-dhs-solar-2013-03-11.html\">\r\nDublin, Georgia<\/a> anymore.<a href=\"http:\/\/www1.nyc.gov\/office-of-the-mayor\/news\/457-14\/mayor-de-blasio-major-solar-investment-city-schools-key-component-new-green#\/0\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;width:300px\" src=\"http:\/\/www1.nyc.gov\/assets\/home\/images\/press_release\/2014\/September\/pr457-14.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nNew York City, and Rochester, NY, too!\r\nHow about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/moodys-confirms-excellent-bond-rating-for-lowndes-county-school-district.html\">solar Lowndes High School<\/a>?\r\nOr the new Valdosta High School?\r\nOr since <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/02\/we-welcome-solar-power-to-the-city-of-valdosta-and-lowndes-county.html\">Valdosta has already\r\nput solar at its Mud Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant<\/a>,\r\nhow about on other city buildings?\r\nHow about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/solar-lowndes-county-commission.html\">on the county palace<\/a>?\r\nOr in Hahira, Dasher, Remerton, or Lake Park?\r\n<p>\r\nErin Durkin wrote for New York Daily News 29 September 2014,\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/politics\/24-schools-solar-panels-28m-project-article-1.1957421\">\r\n24 NYC schools getting solar panels in $28M project \u2014 and City Hall could be next<\/a>,<!--more-->\r\n<blockquote style=\"font-size:100%\">\r\n<p>\r\nMayor de Blasio announced the project Monday as part of his push to\r\nreduce the city&#8217;s gas emissions by 80% by 2050. The panels at city\r\nschools are expected to generate 6.25 megawatts of energy and cut\r\nemissions by 2,800 metric tons a year. Eventually, the mayor wants\r\n300 city-owned buildings to have solar panels.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\nThe Mayor&#8217;s PR of 29 September 2014,\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www1.nyc.gov\/office-of-the-mayor\/news\/457-14\/mayor-de-blasio-major-solar-investment-city-schools-key-component-new-green#\/0\">\r\nMayor de Blasio Announces Major Solar Investment at City Schools, Key Component of New Green Buildings Plan<\/a>,\r\n<blockquote style=\"font-size:100%\">\r\n<p>\r\nThe 24 new installations will be funded by the City, as well as by\r\nthe New York State Energy Research and Development Authority\r\n(NYSERDA) under Governor Andrew M. Cuomo&#8217;s NY-Sun Initiative. The\r\n$28 million investment includes $23 million in City funds and an\r\nestimated $5 million in grants from NYSERDA. The Department of\r\nCitywide Administrative Services (DCAS) and the New York Power\r\nAuthority will implement the projects, in partnership with the\r\nDepartment of Education (DOE). The planned 6.25 MW of solar power at\r\nthese 24 installations will result in a reduction of more than 2,800\r\nmetric tons of greenhouse gas emissions a year, the equivalent of\r\ntaking over 600 cars off the road every year. The solar\r\ninstallations will be paired with an environmental curriculum plan,\r\nincluding dashboards and web portals where students can track in\r\nreal time what the systems are generating and the amount of\r\nemissions that have been offset, and undertake related analyses of\r\nthe systems&#8217; impacts.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fsDCBSib5RY#action=share\">\r\nVideo:<\/a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fsDCBSib5RY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/moodys-confirms-excellent-bond-rating-for-lowndes-county-school-district.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8071\/8274959175_1da073bc2c_m.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nImagine that! city, county, state, and education dept. all working\r\ntogether to implement solar power.\r\nAnd to work it into the curriculum, so students learn how to do it better.\r\nIf snowy New York can do it, we can do it in the sunny southeast.\r\n<p>\r\nAnd it&#8217;s not just New York City.\r\nThe Democrat &#038; Chronicle wrote 6 September 2014,\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.democratandchronicle.com\/story\/news\/2014\/09\/06\/rochester-school-district-solar-power\/15222385\/\">\r\nRochester schools join solar power initiative<\/a>,\r\n<blockquote style=\"font-size:100%\">\r\n<p>\r\nThe Rochester School District and six others in nearby counties have\r\nenrolled in a new state initiative to bring more solar power to New\r\nYork school districts.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nypa.gov\/K-Solar\/\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;width:300px\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nypa.gov\/K-Solar\/K-Solar-NYS-Program-Banner.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nTo date, a total of 51 districts with several hundred schools\r\nbetween them have signed up for\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nypa.gov\/K-Solar\/\">\r\nK-Solar<\/a>, as the program is known.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nOnce a school district joins, New York Power Authority employees\r\nconsult with school officials about the best places to locate\r\nphotovoltaic cells that generate electricity from sunlight.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nWhen sites are identified, third-party private solar developers get\r\ninvolved. The developers, which will be chosen by the power\r\nauthority, will install, own and operate the solar arrays on school\r\nbuildings or grounds.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nThe school districts pays for whatever electricity generated by the\r\nsolar cells that it uses.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\nOh, and solar is cheaper and faster than a nuke:\r\n<blockquote style=\"font-size:100%\">\r\n<p>\r\nThe K-Solar program is part of the state&#8217;s much larger\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ny-sun.ny.gov\/\">NY-Sun Initiative<\/a>,\r\ninto which Gov. Andrew Cuomo pledged to sink nearly $1\r\nbillion. Under the program, parties can receive financial incentives\r\nto help pay for solar installations. Between 2012 and earlier this\r\nyear, about 316 megawatts of solar energy generating capacity\r\n&mdash; roughly half that of the Ginna nuclear power plant in Wayne\r\nCounty &mdash; had been installed.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nypa.gov\/K-Solar\/\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nypa.gov\/K-Solar\/Map\/9-10-14Registrants-MapK-Solar.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nOther Rochester-area districts that had signed up as of Friday were\r\nCanandaigua and Geneva, Ontario County; Alexander, Genesee County;\r\nYork, Livingston County; Medina, Orleans County; and Perry, Wyoming\r\nCounty.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\nWell, in Georgia there is this little glitch:\r\n<blockquote style=\"font-size:100%\">\r\n<p>\r\nThe advantage of so-called third-party ownership is that private\r\ncompanies can take advantage of federal tax credits and accelerated\r\ndepreciation, which lower the cost of installation and yield cheaper\r\npower. Nonprofit school districts are not able to make use of those\r\nfinancial incentives, power authority spokeswoman Connie Cullen\r\nsaid.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n&#8220;Without the third-party ownership by the solar developer, the\r\npublic schools could not take advantage of savings afforded the\r\ndeveloper through these tax credits,&#8221; she said.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\nAnd they can&#8217;t do that in Georgia because of that\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/tv-station-gets-it-territoriality-law-prevents-solar-in-georgia.html\">antique 1973 Territorial Electric Service Act<\/a>.\r\nMaybe Georgia Power will finally support changing that law to except solar power\r\nfinancing.\r\nThere&#8217;s already a bill drafted,\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2014\/02\/solar-financing-hb874-on-ga-house-energy-committee-for-monday.html\">HB 874<\/a>;\r\npass it in 2015!\r\n<p>\r\nMeanwhile, Lowndes schools have the bond ratings to do what Dublin, GA did:\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/moodys-confirms-excellent-bond-rating-for-lowndes-county-school-district.html\">float bonds to finance solar power<\/a>\r\nto save enough money to pay back the bonds and finance some teachers.\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Solar high schools: not just for Dublin, Georgia anymore. New York City, and Rochester, NY, too! How about solar Lowndes High School? Or the new Valdosta High School? Or since Valdosta has already put solar at its Mud Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant, how about on other city buildings? How about on the county palace? 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