{"id":3363,"date":"2013-05-11T20:18:42","date_gmt":"2013-05-12T00:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=3363"},"modified":"2013-05-11T20:21:03","modified_gmt":"2013-05-12T00:21:03","slug":"solar-baxley-city-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/solar-baxley-city-hall.html","title":{"rendered":"Solar Baxley City Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"

\r\n\r\n<\/a>\r\nBaxley City Hall has solar panels, in Appling County, home to nuclear Plant Hatch.\r\nWhy?\r\nThe solar installation will\r\ngenerate most during the most expensive electrical power times of the day;\r\nit will pay for itself in ten years,\r\nand it’s lower power bills from then on.\r\nBaxley City Council approved the project unanimously in December,\r\nto be paid for out of reserves with no financing,\r\nand the solar system is already installed and working.\r\nAny local city or county hereabouts could do the same thing.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nRenee O’Quinn wrote for the Baxley News-Banner 19 December 2012,\r\n\r\nCity approves installation of solar panels at City Hall<\/a>,\r\n<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nThe Baxley City Council held discussions about the installation of\r\nsolar panels at City Hall at the regular meeting held Dec. 11. Mayor\r\nRigdon presented pictures of a building with solar panels and stated\r\nthat he and the city manager have been meeting with representatives\r\nof Hannah Solar about potential savings to power bills if they went\r\nwith solar panels.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\r\n<\/a>\r\nMayor Steve Rigdon stated this is a direction I would like to go in.\r\nThe total cost $112,533.00, and will pay for itself in ten years\r\nbased on Kilowatt hours used and basically have a very little\r\nutility bill.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nMayor Pro Tem Dr. Esco Hall, Jr. made a motion to proceed with\r\ninstalling the solar panels at City Hall and to pay for it out of\r\nreserves. This motion was seconded by Councilman Kenneth Waithe and\r\napproved unanimously.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nManager Jeff Baxley explained that Hannah Solar is interested in a\r\npublic\/private partnership with the City and lease five acres of\r\nland. They would use this land to harvest power to sell megawatt\r\nback to Georgia Power.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nThe council also approved for Attorney Alex Johnson to negotiate the\r\nproposed lease terms with Hannah Solar.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

\r\nRenee O’Quinn wrote for the Baxley News-Banner 10 April 2013,\r\n\r\nBaxley City Hall going green with Solar Power<\/a>,\r\n<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nAs cities, businesses and farms are looking for more ways to save\r\nmoney on their power bills and are coming up with ways to generate\r\nmore revenue going solar is becoming more popular. Why solar power?\r\nIt reduces environmental impact, is reliable, low maintenance and\r\nprovides long-term solutions for energy.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nAt a December Baxley City Council meeting the Council voted\r\nunanimously to go with sustainable energy and have solar panels\r\ninstalled at City Hall to offset the cost of the power bill. For\r\nweeks now Hannah Solar has been working on installing the solar\r\npanels on the roof of City Hall. The solar power will only be used\r\nto offset the power bill; not to sell it.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nIt should be online and generating power by April 10. The cost of\r\nthe solar panel project is $112,533.00, and will be paid for with\r\nreserves, (not financed), when the contract is complete. Based on\r\nthe Kilowatt-hours generated, the project will pay for itself in ten\r\nyears. There 180 panels equal to 250 watts of power per panel. It\r\nwill not store energy. On sunny days it will generate energy and on\r\ncloudy days it will not. The solar panels will require routine\r\ncleaning with a squeegee.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nAs the sunlight hits the panels it creates direct current (DC)\r\nelectricity. Inverters are necessary and four were installed at City\r\nHall. The inverters convert the direct current to alternate current\r\n(AC) which is used to power City Hall, or solar to the power\r\ncompany. Monitoring of the solar production can also be accessed\r\nonline.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nFuture solar power projects for the City of Baxley may include the\r\nPublic Works building or the airport.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

\r\nWe have an airport with lots of space that can’t be used for anything else….\r\n<\/p>\r\n

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