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Solar Roof On Eastern Mennonite University Library

Solar roof panels are being installed on Eastern Mennonite University library. The project includes 300 photovoltaic panels or so on the roof of the university’s library in Harrisonburg. Southern Energy Management of Morrisville, N.C., will complete the installation. It's estimated that 104.3 kilowatts of electricity will be generated, enough for nine homes for a year. Currently, the largest solar roof in Virginia is at the Merrifield Post Office, which produces 84 kilowatts.

Gujarat 500-MW Solar Park

India announced to invest on a solar park which is estimated to generate 1,000MW of solar power by 2012 and 3,000MW by 2015. The park has been calculated to get sunlight 330 days a year, comprised with other locations around India. According to the report , Gujarat government has already agreed to purchase nearly 933MW of power generated by the solar farms to help encourage further investors Now investors and solar power hardware suppliers go in India, struggling to involve into this country's Green Energy Plan.