“哈里斯堡-宾夕法尼亚将扩充新能源投资额达2400万美元来推动清洁的太阳能新能源发展。借此16个国家的37个项目将每年提供26600兆瓦时的电力能源。”协会的能源发展部门秘书长巴尔克在今天的媒体中评论道。
“在帮助太阳能行业发展，是光伏系统价格更加接近人们的承受能力的同时，该举措还创造了很多劳动就业机会。”在7月7日该项目得到公共福利财政委员会通过后，巴尔克评价道“运用新能源科技将最终意味着家庭，学校，工业甚至整个市区持续的能源节省”
这37个被批准的能源项目分别分布在Adams, Allegheny, Beaver, Berks, Bucks, Chester, Cumberland, Franklin, Lancaster, Lawrence, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton, Philadelphia, Schuylkill 和York等地区。这些补助有望带动总额达8800万美元的私人项目投资。
这些光伏项目的总安装量将达到至少24兆瓦，并产生每年至少26600兆瓦时的电量。并足够支持至少2700户宾夕法尼亚家庭的总用电消耗。
Pennsylvania Invests $24 Million to Support Alternative Energy Projects; Help Businesses Schools Conserve Energy Cut Costs
37 Projects in 16 Counties Will Save 26,600 Megawatt Hours of Electricity Each Year
Harrisburg – Pennsylvania is expanding its commitment to advancing clean, solar energy with the investment of $24 million in 37 projects in 16 counties, Department of Community and Economic Development Secretary Austin Burke said today.
“These new projects are creating jobs while helping to make the development and deployment of solar technology more affordable,” Burke said after the projects were approved by the Commonwealth Financing Authority on July 7. “Ultimately, this means substantial energy savings for families, businesses, schools and municipalities that use clean, renewable technologies.”
The 37 projects, approved through the state’s solar energy program, are in Adams, Allegheny, Beaver, Berks, Bucks, Chester, Cumberland, Franklin, Lancaster, Lawrence, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton, Philadelphia, Schuylkill and York counties. They are expected to leverage nearly $88 million in private investments.
The solar projects will have an installed capacity of more than 24 megawatts and will generate at least 26,600 megawatt hours of electricity annually, or enough to power approximately 2,700 Pennsylvania homes. In addition to generating 26,600 solar renewable energy credits a year, the systems will annually save $5.2 million during each of the next 20 years.
Burke said one of the projects, Frazer/Exton Development LP, will receive a $2.7 million solar energy program grant for the purchase and installation of a solar photovoltaic system next to Makamie at Whiteland, a planned senior housing community to be developed in East Whiteland Township. The 1,800-kilowatt, ground-mounted system will generate 2.3 million kilowatt hours of energy annually, which could save the facility $286,000 in annual energy costs. The $8.6 million project will leverage an additional $5.8 million in private investment.
The Commonwealth Financing Authority administers Pennsylvania's economic stimulus programs, including portions of the $650 million Alternative Energy Investment Fund that Governor Rendell signed into law in 2008.
For more information on state alternative energy investment programs available through the Department of Community and Economic Development, visit www.newpa.com or call 1-866-466-3972.
