By
Irina Ivanova MoneyWatch June 20, 2018, 9:03 AM
In New York or California, $1 million can get you a
middle-of-the-road house in a trendy part of town. At Wisconsin's
Madison College, that could just about pay your electric bill for a
year.
The community college, which has about 37,000 students, spends about $1 million every year to power the main building on its Truax Campus. So to keep costs down, the college started construction this month week on a massive solar rooftop project. It's set to be the biggest solar project in Wisconsin when it's completed in the fall.
"It's about 20 tractor-trailers' worth of equipment," said Ken Walz, a Madison College instructor who is leading the project.
The community college, which has about 37,000 students, spends about $1 million every year to power the main building on its Truax Campus. So to keep costs down, the college started construction this month week on a massive solar rooftop project. It's set to be the biggest solar project in Wisconsin when it's completed in the fall.
"It's about 20 tractor-trailers' worth of equipment," said Ken Walz, a Madison College instructor who is leading the project.
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