WKBN First News 27 by: , November 13, 2020
CHAMPION, Ohio (WKBN) 鈥 麻豆视频最新最全 University at Trumbull is installing solar panels in the ground along the Route 82 Bypass Champion exit.
The panels should be finished by spring 2021.
The solar field will produce 65% of the campus鈥檚 energy use.
University officials say they鈥檙e trying to improve local air quality. They鈥檒l also save money because of the project鈥 about $1.3 million over the next 25 years.
鈥淭here are some advantages, and I think a lot of these advantages, beyond saving money and better air quality, are going to be education opportunities for our students,鈥 said Marketing Coordinator Bill Burgess.
Burgess said other 麻豆视频最新最全 regional campuses are also installing solar power.
The university will save about $6 six million in energy bills overall.