Big day for solar
As spring approaches, it makes sense that people start thinking more about solar. Well, on Thursday, there were at least three big announcements about big solar projects getting funding. And no, I don’t think it has anything to do with the change of seasons.
The city of San Antonio announced three new solar projects totaling $3.7M on the campuses of UTSA, St. Phillip’s College, and Cooper Middle school.
The US Navy announced a $200M contract with five companies for 40 MW of generation at multiple Navy and Marine bases throughout the South and Southwest.
The Italian government approved plans for a 72 MW solar power plant in Northeastern Italy.
That’s a big day on a local, national, and global basis.
Even Alcatraz is getting into the act.
http://bit.ly/cFyWDZ
Here is the complete list of the Texas grants, according to the SECO. The three above from San Antonio are included here:
Award Amount Governmental Entities
$2,000,000 St. Philip’s College – San Antonio
$2,000,000 Carroll Independent School District – Grapevine
$2,000,000 University of Texas – Southwestern Medical Center – Dallas
$1,998,800 City of Bedford – Public Library
$1,832,000 The University of Texas at Arlington
$1,727,226 Grapevine – Colleyville Independent School District Grapevine
$1,713,326 The County of Cameron – Harlingen, San Benito, Brownsville
$1,594,370 Austin Community College (ACC) – Austin
$1,526,475 Texas Southmost College (TSC) – Harlingen
$1,320,326 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department – Region II
$1,301,501 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department – Region I
$1,158,316 The City Irving – Irving Public Library
$1,121,208 The City of Duncanville
$1,080,000 University of Texas – San Antonio
$978,226 Texas State Technical College – Waco
$872,809 City of Grand Prairie
$827,883 Hopkins County – Sulphur Springs
$821,386 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department – Austin Headquarters
$799,939 Adjutant General’s Department of Texas Military Forces at Camp Mabry Austin
$794,121 The University of Texas Health Science Center – San Antonio
$617,927 Hutto Independent School District – Hutto
$476,800 Shallowater Independent School District
$455,203 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department – Region III
$433,000 The City of San Antonio
$431,000 Texas State Technical College – Harlingen
$419,600 The City of Alpine
$311,397 The City of Horseshoe Bay
$260,500 University of North Texas – Dallas
$249,117 Munday Independent School District – Munday
$159,160 City of Henrietta
$143,074 Fort Worth ISD
$95,000 The City of Sunset Valley – Austin area