615-kW solar array completed at Vermont ski resort
- After first announcing the project in peak ski season, Encore Renewable Energy has now completed a 615-kW solar project for the Bromley Mountain Ski Resort in Peru, Vermont. The project was collectively established by Encore and Tangent Energy Solutions.
" As a lifelong skier and wintertime sporting activities lover, I have seen initial hand just how climate adjustment is influencing winter here in Vermont. It's inspiring to see and also sustain Bromley's leadership on carrying out energy-saving as well as carbon-reducing steps," said Chad Farrell, Owner and CEO of Encore Renewable Energy. "This project additionally demonstrates the worth of solar generation properties such as this for integrity and also resiliency objectives, as this solar project is sited on the very same property as the consumer."
Sunwealth, one of Encore's calculated companions, funded the project and also will certainly own and run it for the life of the system.
" Our brand-new solar array is allowing the Sun Mountain to create clean, cost effective and also locally sourced energy from the sun as well as another point to celebrate this holiday," added Costs Cairns, President/GM of Bromley Mountain Resort. "We are deeply dedicated to sustainability and continuing to reduce our carbon footprint as well as thankful to companion with Encore on this trip."
Bromley Mountain is no stranger to sustainability and has actually long been a leader when it concerns "green power" in the Green Mountains with their solid commitment to energy conservation. Since 2000, Bromley has actually adopted virtually every offered energy efficiency innovation in snowmaking. They remain to carry out energy performance steps which just recently included an upgraded snowmaking pump-house system with brand-new, state-of-the-art Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) electric motors.
