Constellation Energy to Develop 1.25 MW in Solar Installations for Anne Arundel County and Coppin State University
January 19 2011 - 11:14AM
Business Wire
Constellation Energy (NYSE: CEG) today announced the development
of a 750-kilowatt on-site solar installation at Anne Arundel
County’s Combined Support Services Complex in Millersville, Md.,
and the development of a 500 kilowatt on-site solar installation at
Coppin State University in Baltimore. Both projects are funded, in
part, by grants through the Maryland Energy Administration’s
Project Sunburst initiative, which promotes the installation of
large-scale solar photovoltaic energy systems on state buildings.
Constellation Energy will finance as well as own and operate the
on-site solar installations. In return, both organizations will
purchase the electricity produced by the systems at a reduced cost
from Constellation Energy over a 20-year period.
The rooftop solar power system, developed
by Constellation Energy for Anne Arundel County's Combined Support
Services Complex, is expected to offset 90 percent of the
building's annual electric consumption, saving the county an
estimated $80,000 per year in utility costs. (Photo: Business
Wire)
“This is a great example of how collaborations between the state
and local businesses can support clean, renewable energy generation
and help keep electricity prices affordable,” said Ron Melchior,
vice president of renewable energy for Constellation Energy's
retail business. “By structuring solar projects as power purchase
agreements, we can offer energy solutions that involve no upfront
capital from customers and provide them with fixed power costs over
the long term, which is critical as county governments and public
universities work to control rising costs for taxpayers.”
The Combined Support Services Complex building houses Anne
Arundel County’s facilities and maintenance, fire protection and
school storage departments. The facility’s on-site solar power
system will utilize approximately 3,060 roof-mounted crystalline
photovoltaic solar panels and supply an estimated 900,000
kilowatt-hours of electricity annually. The new solar installation
is expected to offset 90 percent of the building’s annual electric
consumption, saving the county an estimated $80,000 per year in
utility costs.
“Fiscal discipline and environmental stewardship are not
mutually exclusive goals," said Anne Arundel County Executive John
R. Leopold. "This project promotes clean energy and provides a
savings to taxpayers."
Coppin State University’s on-site solar power system will supply
electricity for its new Physical Education Complex, utilizing
approximately 2,040 roof-mounted crystalline photovoltaic solar
panels. The system is expected to supply more than 600,000
kilowatt-hours of electricity annually.
Coppin State University, one of 11 campuses comprising the
University System of Maryland, is committed to sustainable energy
production and conservation. “All of our facility improvements and
new construction have a focus on sustainability and energy
conservation,” said Maqbool Patel, director of facilities
management at the Coppin campus. “This is part of a larger effort
to contain costs and maximize resourcefulness of campus resources
during this period of fiscal austerity.”
In total, the Anne Arundel and Coppin State solar installations
are expected to generate roughly 1.5 million kilowatt-hours of
electricity annually. Generating the same amount of electricity
using non-renewable sources would result in the release of 1,077
metric tons of carbon dioxide, or the equivalent emissions from 206
passenger vehicles. Both on-site solar power systems are scheduled
to begin producing electricity in spring 2011.
Constellation Energy currently owns and operates 60 megawatts of
solar installations that have been completed or are under
construction for customers in Maryland and throughout the U.S.
Commercial customers, universities, school systems, hospitals and
government agencies interested in on-site solar installations of 1
MW or larger can contact Constellation Energy at
sustainable-solutions@constellation.com or 1-877-427-2005. To watch
a brief video about Constellation Energy’s solar power systems,
please visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyaXDmgM55M.
About Constellation Energy Group, Inc.
Constellation Energy (www.constellation.com) is a leading
supplier of energy products and services to wholesale and retail
electric and natural gas customers. It owns a diversified fleet of
generating units located in the United States and Canada, totaling
approximately 12,000 megawatts of generating capacity, and is among
the leading advocates for new nuclear development in the United
States. The company delivers electricity and natural gas through
the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE), its regulated utility
in Central Maryland. A FORTUNE 500 company headquartered in
Baltimore, Constellation Energy had revenues of $15.6 billion in
2009.
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