WKBN First News 27 by: , November 13, 2020
CHAMPION, Ohio (WKBN) β ΒιΆΉΣ°ΤΊ 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 ΒιΆΉΣ°ΤΊ State regional campuses are also installing solar power.
The university will save about $6 six million in energy bills overall.