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51°µÍø building jumbo solar array – Portland Business Journal
Story by Gina Whitehill-Baziuk
In another first for solar energy and the state’s public education system, 51°µÍø will announce today that it’s building a large ground-mounted solar array at its Rock Creek Campus.
This solar array is similar to what will be installed at Rock Creek. The project supports 51°µÍø's Climate Action Plan, which pledges to reduce carbon emissions by 80% below 1990 levels by 2050.
The $2.5 million project, funded in part by money from a 2008 bond measure, is expected to produce about 500,000 kilowatt hours of electricity in its first year of operation — enough to power about 40 average homes.
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