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Commonwealth Financing Authority Awards $15.9 Million In Clean Energy Grants
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The Commonwealth Financing Authority Tuesday awarded more than $15.9 million to 10 projects in 10 counties that is expected to create 356 jobs over the next three years, save $247,197 in annual energy costs and generate enough power for at least 7,300 homes.
“These state investments can help families, businesses and municipalities save collectively on their utility costs,” said the Secretary of Community and Economic Development C. Alan Walker. “In addition, these new projects, which are large and small, urban and rural, are creating additional private economic investment in the commonwealth and creating jobs statewide.”
The Borough of Lehighton will receive the largest grant-- a $5.5 million Alternative and Clean Energy Program grant for the construction of a hydroelectric plant at the Beltzville Lake Dam in Lehighton, Carbon County.
Carlisle Area School District will receive a $666,000 Alternative and Clean Energy Program grant to purchase and install a combined heat and power (CHP) system at the district’s main campus located in Carlisle, Cumberland County.
The new one-megawatt combined heat and power system, fueled by natural gas, is expected to offset all of the site’s annual electricity requirements. The CHP system is expected to produce 6,570 megawatt hours of energy annually and offset 27,375 MMBTU’s of thermal energy.
In all, projects were approved in Blair, Bucks, Carbon, Cumberland, Franklin, Mifflin, Northampton, Schuylkill, Washington and Wyoming counties. The state investments are expected to result in more than $184.7 million in additional private economic investments.
A complete list of project approved is available online.
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3/19/2012 |
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