Bioreserve Solar Panel Denison University Area Acres 2017

Denison university is a leader among the nation s liberal arts colleges offering some 60 academic programs to 2 200 students in granville ohio.
Bioreserve solar panel denison university area acres 2017. The biology department is thankful to philip hurst 18 elizabeth postema 18 and aedin brennan 16 for. Bioreserve by presenting their denison research to our trustees. The list includes many of the largest manufacturers owners developers installers and operators of solar projects across the country. Polly anderson field station use academic campus life.
Denison currently receives 15 of its energy from solar energy. This array along with a smaller teaching array located behind denison s red barn recycling station became active in 2017. Bio buzz denison university department of biology november 2017 issue 14 well it s that time of year again. Also at biological reserve.
In the nearly two years since denison university announced its plan to install about 5 000 solar panels on its biological reserve not a single ray of sunlight has been harnessed into electricity. Renewable energy through the power of the sun. Recent research has shown that kansas has a high potential for solar power energy. Denison university s pollinator friendly solar array is the first of its kind in the state of ohio and the first in a five state area demonstrating an innovative and productive use for the land under and around ground mounted solar panels.
The solar arrays are owned by aep and located on university land. Denison solar array project seeks permit announcements updates denison university is seeking a conditional use permit to install solar array panels on approximately 10 acres in the college s biological reserve just east of ohio 161 on the village s north end. The biological reserve is 350 acres including forest orchards old plantations ponds and former agricultural fields and is commonly used for research. They ll be operated and maintained by third sun solar with a long term agreement in place for denison to purchase all of the.
One day it s sunny and 60 f the next day it. According to a 2006 study by the national renewable energy laboratory kansas tied in eighth for energy potential for solar power based on the sun index at 0 95 comparison of solar power potential by state.