Roughly 30 acres of the campus are designated to solar arrays that generate real.
Colorado state university solar panels.
The campus has come a long way since then.
Who meet the innovative faculty researchers students and staff of the energy institute.
Csu has a solar power system that generates 8 500 000 kwh annually that s 1 000 watts every hour for 8 5 million hours and provides students with hands on experience in solar power hardware maintenance and output analysis.
Over the last decade colorado state university researchers have led pioneering studies into improving the performance and cost of solar energy by fabricating and.
The team is supported by a grant from the u s.
That first array generated 18 9 kilowatts of electricity.
Colorado state university installed its first array of photovoltaic solar panels a decade ago on the roof of the engineering building.
Today the campus has a total of 14 solar arrays that collectively generate 6 754 kilowatts.
The mission of the colorado state university energy institute is to develop innovative solutions to energy challenges that achieve global impact.