WKBN First News 27 by: , November 13, 2020
CHAMPION, Ohio (WKBN) β ΜμΜμ³ΤΉΟ at Trumbull is installing solar panels in the ground along the Route 82 Bypass Champion exit.
The panels should be finished by spring 2021.
The solar field will produce 65% of the campusβs energy use.
University officials say theyβre trying to improve local air quality. Theyβll also save money because of the projectβ about $1.3 million over the next 25 years.
βThere are some advantages, and I think a lot of these advantages, beyond saving money and better air quality, are going to be education opportunities for our students,β said Marketing Coordinator Bill Burgess.
Burgess said other ΜμΜμ³ΤΉΟ State regional campuses are also installing solar power.
The university will save about $6 six million in energy bills overall.