[CPEO-BIF] "GEM Energy Solar Array Adds Power to Toledo [Ohio] Zoo"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

GEM Energy Solar Array Adds Power to Toledo Zoo

AltEnergyMag.com
September 18, 2014

TOLEDO, Ohio, Sept. 17, 2014 – A 22-acre brownfield site in South  
Toledo, Ohio, once in receivership, is starting a new life as home to  
a field solar array that will supply about 30 percent of the Toledo  
Zoo's electricity each year.

Bordered by a buffer zone with newly planted trees and green spaces  
for native grasses that will be planted this fall, the 28,500-panel  
solar array is one of the largest in the nation to supply power to a  
zoo.

GEM Energy celebrated the commissioning of the array in July with  
business and local government leaders.

The array and property are owned by a group of investors as part of a  
Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) structured by GEM Energy, which also  
designed, developed and constructed the solar array. The ground-mount  
system contains no moving parts, and is expected to produce  
approximately 2.1MW per year. This is equivalent to the electricity  
use of 308 homes and has offsets the greenhouse gas emissions of 472  
passenger vehicles.

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For the entire release, see
http://www.altenergymag.com/news/2014/09/18/gem-energy-solar-array- 
adds-power-to-toledo-zoo/34703

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Lenny Siegel
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