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DeKalb schools plan competitive RFP for on-site solar after consultant's feasibility finds large savings potential
Summary
Consultant Nania Group presented a feasibility study showing rooftop and ground-mounted solar on DeKalb CUSD 428 sites could offset significant portions of school electricity loads; the board gave consensus to proceed with a request-for-proposals process to seek competitive power-purchase agreements
The DeKalb Community Unit School District 428 received a presentation from energy consultant Nania Group on a proposed district-wide solar program and agreed by consensus to bring a competitive request-for-proposals (RFP) for board consideration.
Nanias preliminary feasibility study estimated a rooftop array at DeKalb High School of roughly 2 megawatts that could offset about three-quarters of the high school's annual electricity use; other school sites showed potential offsets ranging from under half to two-thirds of annual consumption. The firm presented an illustrative power-purchase agreement (PPA) framework in which a third-party developer installs and operates arrays at no upfront cost to the district and the…
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