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Article: United States: UC-San Diego Will Generate 10 Percent of Its Own Power.
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- Article date:
- July 18, 2008
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Byline: sujit03
The University of California-San Diego calls itself "one of the nation's greenest college campuses," and to enhance that status, the university has begun to install the components of a multi-faceted sustainable energy program.
The university will soon be generating 7.4 megawatts of green energy, providing 10 to 15 percent of its own annual electrical usage.
The far-reaching program, which includes solar panels, biogas fuel cells and wind energy, began with the first installation of solar photovoltaic panels atop a campus utility plant.
Soon, buildings and parking garages across the 1,200-acre campus next to the Pacific ...