Monolith Solar Associates has installed solar panels at six Schenectady County, NY office buildings that are expected to save up to $25,000 in energy costs in 2013.
The county will receive a 30-percent discount on all the energy that the solar panels produce.
Monolith installed 50-kilowatt solar systems on the county’s ice rink in Glenville, the Rotterdam Branch of the Schenectady County Library, highway department buildings in Rotterdam and the county’s business center on Albany Street in Schenectady.
Legislators expect the county will save up to $50,000 a year in energy costs with the addition of future solar systems.
Monolith started installing the county’s systems in 2012. The Rensselaer company expects to quadruple installations this year to 200, and double revenue to $30 million in 2013.
The recent boost in solar power is driven by government policies that encourage renewable energy, and incentives that drive down the prices of solar energy systems.
No comments:
Post a Comment