Solar Panels Go Up on Proctor’s Ice Rink

Another set of panels installed at the ski area

August 26, 2015 • Saved under Proctor
By Scott Allenby, Proctor Academy
Solar panels installed this year at Proctor bring the school's total annual solar generating potential to 328 megawatt hours. Pictured here is the latest installation, at the ice rink. Photo: Scott Allenby
Solar panels installed this year at Proctor bring the school’s total annual solar generating potential to 328 megawatt hours. Pictured here is the latest installation, at the ice rink. Photo: Scott Allenby

In the June issue of the Beacon, we announced Proctor’s commitment to three new solar installations on campus this summer. After completing the first set of installations in May, preparation for a 109-kilowatt-hour (khw) rooftop installation on the hockey rink and a 109-kwh ground-mount installation at the Proctor Ski Area took place during the summer months. These two installations are scheduled to be completed and online by the end of September, bringing Proctor’s total annual solar capacity to 328,000 kwh of electricity.

What is perhaps most exciting about these new arrays is that the initial planning and feasibility study was conducted by students as a part of Proctor’s academic curriculum in 2012.