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The White Tank Branch Library & Nature Center has 228 rooftop-mounted solar panels. The panels produce about 25 percent of the facility’s annual energy needs. The center is at the entrance to the White Tank Mountain Regional Park.
The White Tank Branch Library & Nature Center has 228 rooftop-mounted solar panels. The panels produce about 25 percent of the facility’s annual energy needs. The center is at the entrance to the White Tank Mountain Regional Park.
Solar panels shown on top of parking garages and other buildings on the ASU campus in Tempe, Tuesday, September 13, 2011. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]
Solar panels shown on top of parking garages and other buildings on the ASU campus in Tempe, Tuesday, September 13, 2011. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]
Solar panels shown on top of parking garages and other buildings on the ASU campus in Tempe, Tuesday, September 13, 2011. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]
Joe Hernandez, left, and Jason Tasker are reflected in two of 60 solar heating panels on the rooftop of the Beardsley Recreation Center in Sun City West on Thursday afternoon. The two are working for Tempe-based Carlson Solar Technologies. After being approached by Sun City West management, the company suggested installing a solar array for the center’s heating needs. Water, room temperature and the Olympic-sized swimming pool will all utilize the sun’s energy for a smaller carbon footprint and a cheaper natural gas bill. Mike Scalia of Carlson Solar says the panels complete the largest thermal pool heating system in Arizona. All together, he estimates that the center will save about $16,000-$17,000 a month. “Thermal really is the best way to heat water,” Scalia said. “The Valley just gets so much sun.”
Joe Hernandez, left, and Jason Tasker are reflected in two of 60 solar heating panels on the rooftop of the Beardsley Recreation Center in Sun City West on Thursday afternoon. The two are working for Tempe-based Carlson Solar Technologies. After being approached by Sun City West management, the company suggested installing a solar array for the center’s heating needs. Water, room temperature and the Olympic-sized swimming pool will all utilize the sun’s energy for a smaller carbon footprint and a cheaper natural gas bill. Mike Scalia of Carlson Solar says the panels complete the largest thermal pool heating system in Arizona. All together, he estimates that the center will save about $16,000-$17,000 a month. “Thermal really is the best way to heat water,” Scalia said. “The Valley just gets so much sun.”
The sun officially went to work helping power Four Peaks Elementary as representatives from Salt River Project switched on the school's recently-installed solar panels.
To help reduce utility costs, solar panels have been installed at Four Peaks Elementary School in a joint effort by SRP and the Apache Junction Unified School District.
A Phoenix-based alternative energy company has started offering a solar leasing program in Arizona.
Intel Corp. said Monday it will install rooftop solar panels at its Ocotillo and Chandler Boulevard complexes in Chandler as part of a companywide solar electric program.
Gilbert plans later this month to remove some of the restrictions on installing solar power systems on homes and businesses, a move that one man says came too late because the red tape cost him extra time and money.
Tom Scanlon of Gilbert has recently installed a photovoltaic solar system on the roof of his home. July 17, 2009.
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