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Renewable Energy: Masonic Village Solar Farm. 1.2 Million Kilowatt Hours/Year. Program Title | Chapter. Property Owner: Masonic Villages 30 year agreement to provide the land & buy the electricity from…
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Renewable Energy: Masonic Village Solar Farm 1.2 Million Kilowatt Hours/Year Program Title | Chapter
Property Owner: Masonic Villages • 30 year agreement to provide the land & buy the electricity from… • Owner/Operator of the Solar Farm: Elizabethtown Solar Partners, formed by Solar Renewable Energy Partners, Mechanicsburg, PA • $4.5 million project • $1.2 million in state grants + tax credits to Solar Farm Operator
Photovoltaic cells are wafers of silicon with wires to the two different silicon layers which cause a current flow in sunlight.
4350 panels providing 1.2 million kilowatt hours per year of electricity or 5% of our purchased electricity
Savings: 1 to 1.5 cents less per kWh than PPL default customer rates but we also reduce our peak demand charges