Centenary to Unveil New Solar Panel System

Centenary College will unveil newly installed solar systems Friday afternoon and welcoming the public to attend.

The ribbon cutting, which will be held at the David and Carol Lackland Center on campus, will see guest speakers Dr. Barbara-Jayne Lewthwaite (Centenary College president); Hackettstown Mayor Maria DiGiovanni, Joseph L. Fiordaliso (Commissioner on the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities), and Michael Perillo, CEO of Dynamic Energy.

The event kicks off at 2 p.m. Friday, and has been more than a year in the making. The solar systems are at the college, the USET Arena at the Equestrian Center, the John M. Reeves Student Recreation Center and the David and Carol Lackland Center.

Centenary sent out a request for proposals and interviewed finalists for the best fit for the colleges shortly after. The physical construction of the solar panel systems began in May 2012 and was completed in August.

Centenary made a power purchase agreement with Dynamic Solar, meaning the school buys whatever electric is produced from the installed systems, with the company selling the electric back to the school at a discounted rate. The project was privately financed through Dynamic Solar.