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(Projects are listed in order of commercial operation)

Southwest Junior High Solar Panels

Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas - Southwest Junior High in Lawrence, received a 1.2 kw solar PV system to enhance classroom instruction.  The solar panels were funded in part through the Bonneville Environmental Funds Solar 4 R Schools program and a local grant.

• Location Map
  Solar 4R Schools
• School receives award for solar module
  (Lawrence Journal-World, Nov. 17, 2007)
• 6News video: Solar panels installed at SJHS
  (Lawrence TV6 News, August 6, 2007)

SunChips Business Incubator solar panels

Greensburg, Kiowa County, Kansas - The Business Incubator in Greensburg has a 6.8 kw fixed solar pv system. This photovoltaics system was installed in 2008.

• Case Study: Business Incubator, Greensburg GreenTown

Shawnee Mission High Solar Panels

Shawnee Mission, Johnson County, Kansas - Southwest Junior High in Lawrence, received a 1.2 kw solar PV system to enhance classroom instruction.  The solar panels were funded in part through the Bonneville Environmental Funds Solar 4 R Schools program and a local grant and installed in March 2008.

• Solar Data
  Sunny Portal
• School to build its first wind turbine
  (Lawrence Journal-World, Jan. 18, 2009)
• Final phase of Green Energy Resource Lab underway
  (Shawnee Dispatch, Jan. 7, 2009)

GreenTown Silo Eco-home solar panels

Greensburg, Kiowa County, Kansas - The Greensburg GreenTown Silo Home in Greensburg has a 2 kw tracking solar system (left, photo by KEIN). This home is designed to be both energy efficient and tornado safe(r), with walls able to withstand projectiles at more than 100(?) mph. This solar system was installed in 2009.

• Case Study: GreenTown Silo Eco-home, Greensburg GreenTown

Hollingsworth grid-connect PV system

Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas - In what may be the first grid-connected solar PV system for a residential home in Kansas, Mark Hollingsworth installed a 2 kw pv system on his home in Manhattan (photo, right provided by Mark Hollingsworth) in November 2009 with the help of Sunwrights Solar of Manhattan. This system is tied into Westar's system and is the first grid-tied residential system in the state.
(November 28, 2009)

Starside Elementary solar project

DeSoto, Johnson County, Kansas - For an encore in 2010, after being named the Kansas Green School of the year in 2009, Starside Elementary added four 175 kw solar panels to their roof in May 2010 (700 kw total).  The Energy Savings Store of Lenexa provided the panels and handled the installation. They began installing a small wind turbine on the roof of the school, too.
(May 14, 2010)

• De Soto school adds solar, wind power
  (Lawrence Journal-World, May 12, 2010)
• De Soto's star-powered school
  (DeSoto Explorer, May 11, 2010)
• De Soto school hooks worms into sustainable class services
  (Lawrence Journal-World, February 7, 2010)

Douglas County Jail solar thermal project

Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas - Five solar panels were added to the Douglas County jail to heat water for use. This system will heat 120 gallons of water from room temperature to 180 degrees and is designed to heat 500 gallons a day. The county expects to save $18,000 over 15 years with the system.
(May 14, 2010)

• New solar panels to heat water at Douglas County Jail
  (Lawrence Journal-World, June 15, 2010)
• County jail moves forward on planned solar panels
  (Lawrence Journal-World, March 20, 2010)

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