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Bethlehem solar array aims to reduce over 150k pounds of carbon per year

Bethlehem solar array aims to reduce over 150k pounds of carbon per year
HORRIBLE FIRE JUST THREE YEARS AGO. THERE’S GREAT ENERGY AT THE ROCKS IN BETHLEHEM, NEW HAMPSHIRE, TAKING A LITTLE SLED OUT INTO THE FIELD, CUTTING THEIR OWN TREE, BRINGING IT BACK, GETS BAILED OUT, PUT ON TOP OF THEIR CAR, MAYBE TAKE A HORSE AND WAGON, RIDE AROUND THE SPIN. AWESOME. NOT BECAUSE OF ALL THE OFFER. WE’RE TALKING ACTUAL SOLAR ENERGY. BEHIND ME IS A 86 KILOWATT SOLAR ARRAY. THIS PART OF OUR REDEVELOPMENT OF THE WHOLE CAMPUS HERE AT THE ROCKS. BACK 2019, A FIRE BURNT DOWN THERE FOUR STORY BARN. BUT NOW THE ROCKS IS BOUNCING BACK. AND THEY’RE DOING WITH 180 SOLAR ARRAY PANELS THAT’LL PUT OUT OVER 100,000 KILOWATT HOURS A YEAR, WHICH IS GOING TO POWER THE ENTIRE FACILITY HERE AT THE ROCKS. THAT AMOUNT OF ENERGY ADDS UP TO POWERING AROUND. 14 NEW HAMPSHIRE HOUSES AND WILL REDUCE OVER 150,000 POUNDS OF CARBON A YEAR. SO WE WANTED TO MAKE THIS AS CLOSE TO A NET ZERO CAMPUS AS WE POSSIBLY COULD. IT’S PROJECTS LIKE THIS ONE WITH, YOU KNOW, LEADING NONPROFITS SHOWING THAT THAT IT’S REAL. EVEN HERE IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS, YOU CAN GET A LOT OF POWER FROM THE SUN. ACCORDING TO DAN, NEW HAMPSHIRE, BEHIND ALL OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES WHEN IT COMES TO SOLAR WITH VERMONT AND, MASSACHUSETTS USING OVER 20% OF THEIR POWER FROM SOLAR. WE GET JUST OVER 1% OF OUR ELECTRICITY FROM THE SUN, THE EARTH. THE SUN HELPS US MAKE US FAR MORE SUSTAINABLE AS PART OF OUR OF THE FOR SOCIETY. THE ELEMENTS TO GET THAT ENERGY, IT TAKES ABOUT SIX MONTHS TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT, BUT JUST A MONTH TO ACTUALLY PUT THE ARRAYS TOGETHER AND INSTALL THEM. AND THEY'
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Bethlehem solar array aims to reduce over 150k pounds of carbon per year
The Rocks in Bethlehem built a solar array at their Christmas tree farm that the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests said will reduce over 150,000 pounds of carbon per year.A 2019 fire burnt a barn down at the property, which Jack Savage with the forest society said turned into an opportunity."Behind me is an 86-kilowatt solar array," Savage said. "That's part of our re-development of our whole campus here at The Rocks."Revision Energy Vice President Dan Weeks said 180 solar array panels will start up in 2023."That'll put out over a 100,000-kilowatt hours a year that will power the entire facility at The Rocks," Weeks said.The amount of energy could power around 14 houses in New Hampshire. "It's projects like this one with leading nonprofits showing that it's real," Weeks said. "Even here in the White Mountains, you can get a lot of power from the sun."Weeks said New Hampshire uses the least amount of solar energy in New England. Solar takes up 20% of power in Vermont and Massachusetts."We get just over one percent of our electricity in the state from the sun," Weeks said. Savage said they wanted to make The Rocks "as close to a net zero campus as we possibly could.""The Earth and the sun help make us far more sustainable, and it is part of our mission at the forest society," Savage said.

The Rocks in Bethlehem built a solar array at their Christmas tree farm that the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests said will reduce over 150,000 pounds of carbon per year.

A 2019 fire burnt a barn down at the property, which Jack Savage with the forest society said turned into an opportunity.

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"Behind me is an 86-kilowatt solar array," Savage said. "That's part of our re-development of our whole campus here at The Rocks."

Revision Energy Vice President Dan Weeks said 180 solar array panels will start up in 2023.

"That'll put out over a 100,000-kilowatt hours a year that will power the entire facility at The Rocks," Weeks said.

The amount of energy could power around 14 houses in New Hampshire.

"It's projects like this one with leading nonprofits showing that it's real," Weeks said. "Even here in the White Mountains, you can get a lot of power from the sun."

Weeks said New Hampshire uses the least amount of solar energy in New England. Solar takes up 20% of power in Vermont and Massachusetts.

"We get just over one percent of our electricity in the state from the sun," Weeks said.

Savage said they wanted to make The Rocks "as close to a net zero campus as we possibly could."

"The Earth and the sun help make us far more sustainable, and it is part of our mission at the forest society," Savage said.