New school solar panel installation helps city reach clean energy goal (New York: homes, high school)

[Aeran]

Good news.

https://www.amny.com/news/new-school...n-energy-goal/

With the help of a new rooftop solar panel installation at Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Education High School in Jamaica Hills, Queens, New York City’s Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) and Department of Education (DOE) announced that the city has achieved a key milestone in generating solar powered clean energy.

The rooftop installation at the school and other city properties will generate 16 megawatts (MW) of solar power annually – enough electricity to power 2,600 homes each year. The installation at Thomas A. Edison high school alone will generate 579 kilowatts (kW) of electricity, enough to offset 65% of the school’s electrical use. The installation will also serve as an educational tool for students to learn about green energy alternatives, climate change and careers in the solar industry.

Solar installations across the city on city-owned properties will help NYC reach its goal of reducing emissions from city government operated institutions by a projected 40% by 2025 and 50% by 2030.

[Kefir King]

Aeran,

You are confusing power with energy. Energy has a time component as in killowatt-HOURS. Power alone has little useful meaning that's why we are billed for Kilowatt-HOURS (energy), not for Kilowatts (power.)

[Airborneguy]

I’m with Kefir. They’re playing numbers games here. There is no way that school is generating 65% of its power usage from solar. They’d have to be generating that much almost every day.