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    Brightcore Energy Installing 2.2 MWs of Rooftop and Canopy-Mounted Solar Projects at Princeton University

    April 4, 2024
    Princeton University aims to achieve Net Carbon Neutrality by 2046, and a crucial component of its Sustainability Action Plan is using renewables as the campus energy source
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    Brightcore Energy, a developer of renewable energy solutions for the commercial and institutional markets, is working on a 2.2 MWdc portfolio of on-campus rooftop and canopy-mounted solar projects for the Facilities Organization at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. 

    The project will be comprised of four arrays: two arrays will be rooftop-mounted on the TIGER building and CUB building and two arrays will be canopy-mounted at the Meadows and Stadium garages. 

    The four solar arrays will consist of 4,039 panels and are projected to produce an estimated 2,588 MWh of electricity annually. Once operational, this estimated annual production will prevent approximately 1,834 metric tons of CO2 from entering the atmosphere—the equivalent of burning more than 2 million pounds of coal.

    Brightcore Energy expects to start the construction of the projects in the summer of 2024.

    Princeton University aims to achieve Net Carbon Neutrality by 2046, and a crucial component of its Sustainability Action Plan is using renewables as the campus energy source.

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