New York City is putting solar panels on 72 public school rooftops, the city’s largest solar project to date, energy management and education officials announced Tuesday.
The majority of installations have been completed; 14 more are on track to be finished by the end of the year. The latest phase of the project will bring the total number of schools with solar arrays to 104, generating 22.5 megawatts of energy.
“These installations will dramatically reduce energy costs and improve air quality and lower each school’s carbon footprint,” said Louis Molina, commissioner of the Department of Citywide Administrative Services at P.S. 58 in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, where officials cut the ribbon on the panels.
