Cople Elementary Solar is a 5 acre 2,100 solar panel array located on existing Elementary School property in Westmoreland County, Virginia. The solar array produces 1.2 megawatts a year, offsetting the facilities carbon footprint by 865 tons of CO2. This project is part of a Power Purchase Agreement with SunTribe Solar which resulted in no investment from the County and estimated to save $3.6 million over the solar array’s lifespan. The project is located near an existing playground on unutilized school property. The pollinator-friendly approach is a recent effort to expand the ecological benefits of solar development, where wild flowers and other host plants can be planted underneath or around the panels, offering a multitude of conservational and economic benefits. Bowman provided comprehensive engineering services, including civil engineering, stormwater design and permitting, tree survey and arborist services, land survey and structural engineering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
5-acre 2,100 solar panel array located on existing Elementary School property produces 1.2 megawatts a year, offset-ting the facilities carbon footprint by 865 tons of CO2. This project is part of a Power Purchase Agreement with Sun-Tribe Solar which resulted in no investment from the County and estimated to save $3.6 million over the solar array’s lifespan. Bowman provided comprehensive engineering and surveying services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3219,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":[],"project_type":[58,184,183,62,185,76,37,63,53],"class_list":["post-2215","projects","type-projects","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","project_type-education","project_type-energy-design-engineering","project_type-energy-services","project_type-environmental-consulting","project_type-land-surveying","project_type-renewable-energy","project_type-structural-engineering","project_type-survey-geospatial","project_type-virginia"],"yoast_head":"\n