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Dominion Virginia Power to build
its first sun energy installation at
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Utility will put panels on roof of Norfolk college’s recreation center
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An artist’s illustration depicts a roof at Old Dominion University with the panels that will be placed there if the building is
found suitable.
Posted: Friday, May 3, 2013 12:00 am
BY PETER BACQUÉ Richmond Times-Dispatch
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Dominion Virginia Power will put its first
solar energy installation at Old Dominion
University.
600
Number of panels to be installed atop the Old
Dominion University Student Recreation Center.
132
Kilowatts generated by the ODU array that will
enter the power grid.
35
Number of homes that much electricity could
power.
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The Norfolk school will be the first
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At a cost of about half a million dollars,
the Richmond-based utility will install
more than 600 photovoltaic panels on the
roof of ODU’s Student Recreation Center
this summer. Such systems produce
electric current directly from sunlight.
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The system at ODU can generate 132
kilowatts of electricity that will go onto the
power grid, according to Dianne O.
Corsello, the company’s manager of
customer solutions and new technology.
That would be enough electricity to power
about 35 homes.
“This installation will pave the way for us
to assess the benefits of solar facilities on
our electrical distribution system,” Ken
Barker, Dominion Virginia Power’s vice
president for customer solutions, said in a statement.
“This new program is already encouraging the growth of solar energy in Virginia,”
Barker said, “as many other customers have contacted us and shown interest.”
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About 100 customers have expressed interest in taking part in the solar program,
Corsello said.
“There are a lot more folks who would like us to partner with them and install solar
panels on their rooftop than we have the capability to do, because the program is
capped,” she said.
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The State Corporation Commission approved the solar demonstration project in
November.
Under the $80 million program, Dominion Virginia Power will build and operate up to
30 megawatts of company-owned solar facilities on leased rooftops, or on the
grounds of commercial businesses and public properties, in the company’s service
area.
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Dominion Virginia Power is the state’s largest electric utility, with about 2.3 million
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customers.
Fully built, the solar program would generate enough power for 7,500 homes, the
company said. Each installation could generate as much as 2 megawatts of electricity
during daylight hours.
“When the program was announced last year, it was readily apparent that Old
Dominion University was a perfect fit for this innovative project,” ODU President John
R. Broderick said in a statement.
Dominion Virginia Power has a lease option with ODU. The company will do a
structural analysis to ensure the 150,000-square-foot building is suitable for the solar
installation before exercising the option.
The power company will put the solar energy project out for bid, Corsello said. The
photovoltaic panels are 3 feet by 5 feet and can generate about 250 watts of
electricity each.
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The power company is aiming at 20-year leases for its solar installation locations.
Dominion Virginia Power did not disclose the cost of the ODU lease, noting that it also
will be negotiating other such agreements.
Energy information from the installation will be available at a kiosk inside the Student
Recreation Center lobby and in Kaufman Hall, ODU’s engineering school, Dominion
Virginia Power said.
Dominion Virginia Power’s parent company, Richmond-based Dominion Resources
Inc., is building a solar energy project in Georgia. The Azalea Solar Power Facility,
near Augusta, is expected to produce 7.7 megawatts of electricity.
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