Constellation and Henderson-Hopkins Complete Construction of 178-Kilowatt Solar Generation Project
February 08 2016 - 10:22AM
Business Wire
Project offers real-time data monitoring
capabilities that will be integrated into the school curriculum
Constellation and Elmer A. Henderson: A Johns Hopkins
Partnership School (Henderson-Hopkins), a K-8 Baltimore City public
school operated by the Johns Hopkins University School of
Education, today announced the completion of a 178-kilowatt (DC)
solar generation project The project is the second and largest
solar generation project to be unveiled at a Baltimore City
school.
“Henderson-Hopkins pursues the most contemporary, effective
approaches to educating our students, so it is only fitting that we
would take the same approach to powering our building,” said
Katrina Foster, the school’s principal. “The new solar power system
will help us share the importance of sustainability with our
community and serve as an educational resource for our students to
learn about renewable energy.”
The project required no upfront capital from Henderson-Hopkins.
Constellation financed the project’s development and owns and
operates the solar power system including the solar renewable
energy credits. Henderson-Hopkins will receive the electricity
generated by the solar panels through a 15-year power purchase
agreement with Constellation.
“Renewable energy is a key part of our energy future, and this
installation will help students to develop an understanding of how
it is generated,” said Andy Frank, special adviser to the president
on economic development for Johns Hopkins University and member of
the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners.
“Henderson-Hopkins will also see a significant, long-term reduction
in expected energy costs.”
The project expands Constellation’s role as the No. 1 solar
energy producer in Maryland. To date, the company has completed
more than 60 megawatts of solar projects in the state.
“Constellation is committed to advancing renewable energy
initiatives in Maryland, and particularly in our hometown of
Baltimore,” said Gary Fromer, senior vice president of distributed
energy for Constellation. “Through this collaborative project, we
are helping to support Henderson-Hopkins’ commitment to the
environment and manage its energy costs, as well as demonstrate the
economic and educational opportunity that renewable energy
provides.”
The project will offer real-time data monitoring capabilities
that will be integrated into the school curriculum to help students
learn how solar electricity works and about the benefits of
renewable energy. Students will be able to observe how solar energy
is used to deliver electricity to their school, and be introduced
to potential careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
(STEM) fields.
Job trainees from the Maryland Center for Veterans Education and
Training (MCVET) shadowed solar installers during the construction
of the project and were provided an overview of career
opportunities in the solar industry. Trainees interested in
pursuing further solar job training were invited to enroll in the
Civic Works Solar Job Training Program, which provides
certification opportunities and pathways to paid internships.
The solar installation is composed of approximately 616
photovoltaic panels that cover approximately 10 percent of the
building’s roof and provide shade to 29 parking spaces. The solar
facility is expected to generate approximately 230,000
kilowatt-hours of electricity in the first year. Generating the
same amount of electricity using nonrenewable sources would result
in the release of approximately 350,000 pounds of carbon dioxide,
or the equivalent emissions from 34 passenger vehicles annually,
according to U.S. EPA data for the region.
Constellation currently owns and operates more than 250
megawatts of solar installations that have been completed or are
under construction for commercial and government customers
throughout the United States. These solar projects, combined with
other forms of clean, on-site power supply such as biomass and
co-generation, mean that Constellation has a total of 350 megawatts
of distributed generation projects completed or under development
for customers.
About Constellation
Constellation is a leading competitive retail supplier of power,
natural gas and energy products and services for homes and
businesses across the continental United States. Constellation's
family of retail businesses serves more than 2.5 million
residential, public sector and business customers, including more
than two-thirds of the Fortune 100. Baltimore-based Constellation
is a subsidiary of Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC), the nation's
leading competitive energy provider, with 2014 revenues of
approximately $27.4 billion, and more than 32,000 megawatts of
owned capacity comprising one of the nation's cleanest and
lowest-cost power generation fleets. Learn more at
www.constellation.com or on Twitter at @ConstellationEG.
About The Elmer A. Henderson: A Johns Hopkins Partnership
School
The Elmer A. Henderson: A Johns Hopkins Partnership School, the
first public school built in East Baltimore in more than 20 years,
opened in 2014. It is a high-performing charter school serving a
diverse, mixed-income community of students, families and teachers.
The 90,000-square-foot facility occupies a seven-acre campus and
has the capacity to enroll 540 students. The Harry and Jeanette
Weinberg Early Childhood Center serves 180 children.
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