Princeton University will Build Largest Solar Field for U.S Campus

Using a 27-acres land area in the campus environment in New Jersey, Princeton University plans to build an area that comes with 16.500 solar photovoltaic panels that will make it as the solar largest field for the campus and university in the U.S. One step of the Princeton University in Princeton's 2008 sustainability which order to achieve 1990 levels of carbon emission reduction by 2020.


The project plans announced by the Ivy Legue school which expected to save on school costs for energy to 8 percent, equivalent to enough energy to 700 households. The location of the field is across the Delaware Canal or the southeast of the main campus.


As the project executor is entrusted to Sunpower Corp. and for the solar field payments will use New Jersey's Solar Renewable Energy Certificate program. The system cost will be cover by selling the credits to utility companies


The project is planned to begin running in 2012 with estimates could produce 8 million kilowatts of energy per year that could provide 5.5 percent campus electricity need. The estimated increase in energy production will be higher on a very sunny weather.