PPL Renewable Energy : Solar

PPL Renewable Energy designs and constructs photovoltaic systems that convert the energy from sunlight into electricity.

Solar energy technology helps reduce clients’ operating costs by using a reliable and renewable power source. Rooftop or ground-mounted solar panels can significantly reduce your energy bills by generating electricity during the daytime or “peak” hours when power prices are highest.

PPL Renewable Energy’s portfolio includes a growing number of solar energy facilities throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey and will continue to explore partnership opportunities to develop solar energy projects.

PPL Renewable Energy partnered with UGI Corporation and Crayola, the maker of children’s art and stationary products, to build a state-of-the-art 15-acre solar panel park at the Crayola facility in Forks Township. More than 26,000 fixed photovoltaic solar panels installed on Crayola’s property will convert sunlight into electricity, generating 1.9 megawatts of electrical power. The solar facility will provide 10 percent of Crayola’s total annual energy consumption and enough energy to produce 1 billion crayons annually.

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As part of the company’s efforts to cut its greenhouse gas emissions, or carbon footprint, Merck partnered with PPL Renewable Energy to build a 1.7-megawatt solar energy system at its campus in Summit, N.J. Spanning seven rooftops, it is one of the largest rooftop solar installations in the United States.

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Rooftop solar power installations produce electricity cleanly and efficiently for two Macy’s
department stores in New Jersey.

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As part of the team’s Go Green initiative, PPL Renewable Energy designed and constructed an innovative system for the Philadelphia Eagles training and practice complex that tracks the sun throughout the day to maximize the amount of solar electricity produced.

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This 377-kilowatt rooftop solar energy system allows the Research Collections and Preservation Consortium in Princeton, N.J., to meet about 20 percent of its peak energy needs.

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Pennsauken Landfill renewable Energy Park

The energy park includes three renewable energy power plants: a 2.8 megawatt landfill gas-to-energy power plant at the Pennsauken Sanitary Landfill and a 2.6 megawatt photovoltaic solar power plant that produces power for an adjacent industrial customer, Aluminum Shapes in Pennsauken, N.J.

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East Lycoming School District Solar Project

The East Lycoming School District partnered with PPL Renewable Energy and the McClure Company to develop and build a 600-kilowatt solar project that provides about 50 percent of the Hughesville High School electrical needs. The project is part of an ongoing partnership between the school district and the McClure Company to improve the energy efficiency of the district’s facilities.

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