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Fire and ice: solar panels energize arena

BGSU has taken its first step toward renewable energy with the installation of photovoltaic panels on the roof of the Ice Arena. The project is a partnership between the University and Bowling Green municipal utilities. It has been nurtured along by the strong working relationship between utilities director Daryl Stockburger and Donald Scherer, professor emeritus of philosophy and a longtime proponent of “green” energy.

The solar panels, located on the eastern side of the middle of the arena’s roof, will produce 31 kilowatts of energy per hour on a sunny day. When they are operational in mid-September, BGSU will have the second largest array in Ohio, and the energy they produce will be “on the grid” for use in Bowling Green and across the continent, according to Scherer.

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