West Slope’s largest solar farm planned in Carbondale (CO)

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http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20071031/NEWS/71031017

ASPEN — The Aspen Skiing Co. and Colorado Rocky Mountain School hope to construct a solar farm in Carbondale that would be the largest system of its kind on the West Slope.

The Skico submitted an application to Garfield County for a solar electric system that will require about one acre of CRMS’s campus. About 28,800 square feet, or one-half acre, of the site will be covered by solar panel arrays, according to the application.

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Sunsense founder and president Scott Ely said a 147 kilowatt system is being proposed. The system would supply power to one of the primary buildings on the school campus and the rest of the electricity would be fed into Xcel Energy’s grid for use by other consumers.

The system would produce roughly 215,000 kilowatt hours per year, Ely said. The “average” U.S. household uses around 11,000 kilowatts per year, so the system could theoretically produce enough electricity for 20 households per year.

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