Rutgers Livingston Solar Panels

The solar farm has also attracted scores of visitors including rutgers students faculty and staff interested in learning about photovoltaic systems and renewable energy once the solar canopy project is brought on line the two installations will be able to provide more than 60 percent of the power needs of the livingston campus.

Rutgers livingston solar panels.

President richard l. A mit study on friday november 6 at the gov. Energy and sustainability data consumption production fiscal year 2018 solar panels rutgers university is proud to have established the largest solar canopy in the nation. Sundurance energy was awarded the entire design build of the project and chose mfs as the lead engineer for the design of the carport installation and construction design administration for the.

After parking in the green or yellow lot you must walk back toward the rutgers athletic center the rac to access the business school building. The canopy provides about 60 of livingston campus power needs. Florio special events forum civic square building 33 livingston avenue new brunswick. Mccormick of rutgers the state university of new jersey today joined commissioners of the new jersey board of public utilities bpu and other university officials to break ground for the construction of a seven acre solar energy facility the largest system on a single campus in the united states.

The 32 acre solar canopy provides 8 8 megawatts of power which translates to about 1 2 million in electricity. The campus was originally built to house livingston college the majority of its land is the rutgers ecological preserve most of the campus is within the boundaries of piscataway but parts. Both the green and yellow lots are on the other side of the rutgers athletic center under the solar panels. Mfs provided professional engineering services for the rutgers university livingston campus solar carport canopy system in piscataway new jersey.