Bearden School District will soon be powered by solar.
Today’s power of Little Rock will partner with South Central Service Cooperative and the Bearden School District to install a 100-kilowatt solar power system and a 400-kilowatt solar power system.
South Central Service Coop is one of 15 education service coops in the state and seves parts of Ouachita, Dallas, and Calhoun Counties.
The campus based solar powe system will be the first of its kind in Arkansas and the Bearden School District will be the first member school of the coop to install such a system.
The 100-kilowatt fixed tilt array near the headquarters of South Central Service Cooperative will supply 99 percent of the coop’s energy usage. The 400-kilowatt system that the Bearden School District will use, will save the district approximately $25,000 annually.
Both systems should be in place by the 2nd quarter of the year.
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