With a 255-panel solar array on the roof of the town garage, Mount Desert in Maine is reducing municipal energy costs along with their carbon footprint.
Each year, the 76.5 kilowatt grid-tied solar array with generate roughly 71,309 kilowatt-hours (kWhs) of electricity, offsetting the equivalent of driving over 130,072 miles in a gas-powered car.
The town of Mount Desert financed the array with a Power Purchase Agreement , with the upfront costs paid by investors through a fund managed by ReVision.
