Brown Solar

Good for Brown University:

Brown is diving into solar energy. The University is installing an array of solar panels on its new aquatics center that will be the first combined solar-powered electrical and heating system in Rhode Island and the largest installation of its kind in the United States. Earlier this week, technicians bolted down the last of the 168 rectangular-shaped panels on the Katherine Moran Coleman Aquatics Center’s roof. The center is expected to open for students on April 13. When it does, the solar panels will generate enough power — 160,944 total watts — to keep the lights on and enough thermal energy to heat the center’s million-gallon pool.