Ypsilanti City Hall begins installation of solar panels
The solar panels are starting to go up on the back end of Yspilanti’s City Hall.The grassroots group of solar-power activists making the project happen (with the help of a $36,000 grant and some local fundraising/volunteer efforts) are putting up the framing and getting ready to install 12 solar panels by the end of the month. The goal is to have the whole thing wired and ready to go in the very near future.”We’re hoping by the end of the year, hopefully sooner,” says Dave Strenski, volunteer with the Ypsilanti Solar Panel Project. People will be able to track how much energy the panels are generating on a website, as soon as the system is functional. The website already shows how much the solar panels atop the Ypsilanti Food Co-op are producing. Next in line is installing 30 solar panels on top of the bakery at the Ypsilanti Food Co-op. That project is expected to start as soon as the City Hall project is done, which should be sometime early next year.The Ypsilanti Solar Panel Project is still looking for $50 pledges to fund the City Hall and future projects. For information on giving, click here.Source: Dave Strenski, volunteer with the Ypsilanti Solar Panel ProjectWriter: Jon Zemke
The solar panels are starting to go up on the back end of Yspilanti’s City Hall.
The grassroots group of solar-power activists making the project happen (with the help of a $36,000 grant and some local fundraising/volunteer efforts) are putting up the framing and getting ready to install 12 solar panels by the end of the month. The goal is to have the whole thing wired and ready to go in the very near future.
“We’re hoping by the end of the year, hopefully sooner,” says Dave Strenski, volunteer with the Ypsilanti Solar Panel Project.
People will be able to track how much energy the panels are generating on a website, as soon as the system is functional. The website already shows how much the solar panels atop the Ypsilanti Food Co-op are producing.
Next in line is installing 30 solar panels on top of the bakery at the Ypsilanti Food Co-op. That project is expected to start as soon as the City Hall project is done, which should be sometime early next year.
The Ypsilanti Solar Panel Project is still looking for $50 pledges to fund the City Hall and future projects. For information on giving, click here.
Source: Dave Strenski, volunteer with the Ypsilanti Solar Panel Project
Writer: Jon Zemke
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