Elizabethtown College awarded $500,000 Energy Development Authority Grant

Solar array planned for 33-acre campus-owned parcel in Mount Joy Township

ELIZABETHTOWN, PA (11/08/2014)(readMedia)– Elizabethtown College was awarded a $500,000 Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority (PEDA) grant to install a 2-megawatt ground-mounted solar photovoltaic system and create opportunities for students and faculty members to study various aspects of solar energy.

There were 184 PEDA projects submitted to the governor\’s office, totaling more than $81 million. Only 28 were awarded grants to local governments, schools and businesses for alternative and clean energy projects, along with projects deploying technologies such as solar energy, hydropower, biomass and energy efficiency. Elizabethtown is the only one in Lancaster County.