June 26, 2012
Solar Panels at LAUSD Schools Convert Valley's Blazing Sun into Energy
Daily NewsÂ
When triple-digit temperatures hit Woodland Hills this summer, Alma Aguirre isn’t going to be thinking about her vehicle baking in the parking lot at Taft High, but the electricity generated by the solar panels covering the school’s new carport.
The 492-kilowatt, $3.2 million solar carport at Ventura Boulevard and Winnetka Avenue is one of the first to be completed as Los Angeles Unified moves to reduce its utility bills by harnessing the San Fernando Valley’s sunshine.
“It shades our cars, doesn’t cost any money to run and it sometimes makes enough power to give some back to the (electric) grid,” said Aguirre, plant manager at Taft.
