5,200 solar panels will save Manchester $100,000 each year
13 December 2022
MANCHESTER — Solar panels atop seven local public buildings promise annual energy savings of $100,000, town officials said.
About 5,200 panels have been installed at six elementary schools and the water and sewer building over about the past two years. Five of the seven systems are to be energized by the end of the year, and the last two will go online in early 2023.
The systems were made possible in part through the Connecticut Green Bank’s solar municipal assistance program (Solar MAP). Manchester entered a 20-year power purchase agreement with the Green Bank, town General Manager Steve Stephanou said. The town buys power produced from the solar energy panels and saves money because the cost is less than the price for the same amount of power from Eversource, Stephanou said.