Shepherd University’s Agricultural Innovation Center at Tabler Farm, a demonstration farm where students learn and implement sustainable agriculture practices, hosts a 6-kilowatt solar array.
The 189 solar panels on Shepherd University’s Scarborough Library rooftop was the largest solar installation among West Virginia nonprofit organizations when installed in 2019. The panels generate 60 kilowatts of power per year and promise a savings of approximately $120,000 over the system’s lifetime.
Almost 100 electric buses manufactured in West Virginia are being used by school districts in approximately 20 WV counties as a result of West Virginia’s 2022 economic partnership with GreenPower Motor Company, making West Virginia a leading state in all-electric school bus deployment on a per capita basis.
The Blake Solar Energy Facility is one of five solar farms/industrial solar projects developed and in operation or slated for Jefferson County, WV.
Shepherdstown Presbyterian Church installed a 60 panel solar array on the church, the largest community supported solar system in WV. Working with nearly 100 area families and businesses, Shepherdstown-based Solar Holler, West Virginia’s first solar financing company, the church developed a project plan that allowed it to go solar at no cost and without a traditional fundraising campaign.
The Rippon Solar Project is one of five solar farms/industrial solar projects in development or slated for Jefferson County, WV.
The Wild Hill Solar project is one of five solar farms/industrial solar projects either in development or slated for Jefferson County, WV.
The League of Women Voters WV is a “nonpartisan volunteer organization that promotes political responsibility through informed and active citizen participation in government.”
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