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Connecticut Green Bank presents Fitch High School carport solar proposal; board to consider PPA on May 26
Summary
The Connecticut Green Bank recommended a roughly 1.3 MW DC carport solar installation at Fitch High School that would produce an estimated 1.72 million kWh in year one, yield about $93,212 in first‑year on‑bill credits under the proposed PPA and offset roughly 1,157 metric tons of CO2 annually. The board will consider a PPA resolution on May 26.
Representatives from the Connecticut Green Bank briefed the Groton Board of Education on May 11 about a proposed carport solar project for Fitch High School and the expected economics under a power‑purchase agreement (PPA) structure.
Katie Shelton, who said she works for the Connecticut Green Bank, reviewed two completed district projects (Groton Middle School and Mystic River Magnet School), which she said outperformed production expectations and produced greater savings than originally modeled. For those projects she cited actual 12‑month savings of roughly $41,000 and just over $16,000 for the two sites…
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