Conval Regional High School is pleased to announce that construction of the solar panel project officially began last month.
Supplies for the project, including a trailer, trash receptacles, roof fencing, solar panels, inverters and piping, were dropped off between Oct. 26 and 28. The ConVal Void — the area on the south side of the school, behind the link and between the gymnasium and math and science classrooms — is being used as the staging area.
ConVal has contracted with Revision Energy to install a 247-kilowatt rooftop solar array on the high school roof. The 555-panel system will be financed at no cost to the district by Revision Energy’s mission-aligned impact investors through a Power Purchase Agreement.
Revision will take the responsibility for the design, permitting, construction utility interconnection, operation, and maintenance of the solar array. ConVal will in turn purchase energy produced by the panels from Revision at a discounted rate of 8.8 cents per kilowatt hour in the first year of the contract. The rate will increase by 2 percent yearly. The district currently pays 16 cents per kilowatt hour for electricity.
The project is expected to be completed in the coming months.
For more information on the project, please click here.
