APRIL 1, 2015 LAST UPDATED: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2015, 10:19 AM
BY MALCOLM HERBERT
FOR THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS |
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
The Ridgewood school district saved about $70,000 last year by installing solar panels at eight schools, and could be looking to increase those revenues by adding more solar energy units at the two middle schools.
Jim Wavle, president of Verterra Renewable Energy Group and a village resident, oversaw the installation of solar panels at all but two of Ridgewood’s public schools nearly three years ago. He was brought back by the Ridgewood Board of Education (BOE) to discuss possibly adding some more.
The potential new units would be set up at George Washington (GW) Middle School, which currently does not have any solar panels, and Benjamin Franklin (BF) Middle School, Wavle said at a BOE meeting last month.
Superintendent of Schools Daniel Fishbein reported that the district is exploring this possibility at this time because “the pricing point for us to expand our solar has come to a better point now.”
The district is considering a small solar project at GW and a larger, carport-based system at BF.
https://www.northjersey.com/news/education/new-solar-panels-may-add-to-savings-1.1299905
What is the net-net of this solar power-related effort and related expenditures (up-front outlays)? This business had better not end up like our recycling program, which is and has always been a net expense.
Good projects — that produce some money savings, always appreciated by residents.
Very good 10:48 They always tell us their going to save money.