Westover School / Middlebury, CT

Westover School

“Combined with our other conservation efforts, including a co-generator, our new PV system will help us reduce the electricity we consume from the grid by 37.5%, results that we can see already.”

Ann S. Pollina, Head of School, Westover

Westover School investigated several ways of offsetting electrical costs through alternative energy methods, which would both be friendly to the environment and serve as a lesson in sustainability to the student body. As part of this, Westover embarked on a solar project with Solar Power Partners, who contracted with Alteris Renewables to design, engineer, and construct the system. Under the terms of the solar Power Purchase Agreement, SPP owns, operates, and maintains the system while selling the solar-generated electricity to Westover.

Type of Panel SunPower 305
Date Completed Feb 2010
Type of Inverter SatCon PVS 100kW
System Size 158.6 kW
Power Generated (annual) 180,487 kWh

  • Reduces CO2 emissions 7,165,000 lbs. over the life of the system

  • Equivalent to planting 27,100 trees

  • This is the same as eliminating 5,210,000 driving miles

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