Published: December 20, 2016
UVA, Darden and Dominion Virginia Power Announce Solar Partnership
In an ongoing attempt to slash carbon emissions, the University of Virginia and its Darden School of Business have announced a 25-year solar power partnership deal with Dominion Virginia Power.
As part of the agreement—called the UVA Hollyfield Solar Project—UVA and Darden will purchase all of the electricity produced over the next 25 years at a new, 160-acre solar facility in King William County. The facility—which will be constructed, operated and owned by Dominion—is expected to produce roughly 17 megawatts of alternating current, equivalent to about 12 percent of the schools’ electric demand. Darden will assume responsibility for about a quarter of that production, putting the business school on track to achieve its long-term, carbon-zero goal.
Overall, the initiative will help Darden and its parent university cut approximately 18,000 metric tons of carbon emissions per year—part of an institution-wide goal of reducing total emissions by 25 percent by 2025.
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