By Kelsey Misbrener| ʻOkakopa 6, 2022
Ua hoʻolauleʻa ʻo Norwich Solar i ka pau ʻana o kāna 45th community solar installation ma mua o kēia kauwela ma Fairlee, Vermont.Hāʻawi ka ʻōnaehana mauna ʻāina 500-kWAC i nā Kinney Drugs me nā hōʻaiʻē ana ʻana o ka lā.Aia ka papa ma ka ʻāina ʻo Green Mountain Power.Aia ka lā hou ma hope o ka Fairlee Drive-In Theatre a ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia mai ke Alanui 5.Ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo Norwich Solar i ke ala ala e kūkulu ai i ka ʻāpana a hāʻawi i ka mea nona ka ʻāina i ka nui o nā ʻeka no ka hana ʻana.
"Hoʻohui kēia papahana i ka ikehu hou i hana ʻia ma Vermont a he waiwai maikaʻi ia i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o ke kaiāulu e kū i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau," wahi a Jim Merriam, Luna Nui o Norwich Solar."ʻO nā hoʻokomo e like me kēia e hoʻoikaika i kā mākou ʻoihana kūloko, nā kaiāulu a me nā mea nona ka ʻāina."
Ua kau inoa ʻo Norwich Solar i kahi ʻaelike hoʻolimalima 25 makahiki me nā mea nona ka waiwai e ʻimi nei i kahi ala e hoʻohui ai i ka ikehu hou i loko o kā lākou mau hoʻolālā hoʻohana ʻāina lōʻihi.Loaʻa i ka ʻohana nā panela lā ma ko lākou home a ua hoʻokipa i ka manawa kūpono e hāʻawi i kā lākou waiwai no ka lā nui ma muli o nā pono o ka ikehu hou no ka honua.Hoʻopili pū ia me kā lākou hoʻolālā e hānai holoholona a hoʻohana i ka pā lā no ka hānai ʻana i nā keiki hipa, kahi e hoʻohana hou ai i ka ʻāina i ka mālama ʻana i ka mauʻu a puni nā panela.
Ma ke ʻano he mea kūʻai hoʻokahi o ka pūnaewele, e loaʻa iā Kinney Drugs (kahi hui o KPH Healthcare Services) ka hōʻaiʻē no ka aneane 100% o ka ikehu i hana ʻia e ka hui.He ʻoihana kūloko i ʻike ʻia ka hui me 22 mau hale kūʻai lāʻau lapaʻau e hana ana ma Vermont a ʻoi aku ma mua o 100 mau wahi i ka huina.Ma ke ʻano he ʻoihana paʻahana, ua kālele ʻo ia i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka mālama maikaʻi a me ka mālama kālā i kā lākou mea kūʻai.Ma ke kūʻai ʻana i ka mana o ka lā ma o ke ana ʻana i ka ʻupena kaiāulu, ke hana nei ʻo Kinney Drugs i nā hoʻopukapuka pāʻoihana maikaʻi e hōʻemi ana i kona kumukūʻai ikehu a kākoʻo i nā pono kaiaola e hōʻemi ana i ka hoʻoiho kalapona.
"Ua hauʻoli mākou i ka hui pū ʻana me Norwich ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻokahi wale nō ka mea nāna i lawe i ka papahana solar ma Fairlee, Vermont," wahi a Mike Burgess, ka VP o KPH no ka hoʻolālā kālā a me ka waihona kālā.“Ua kūpaʻa ʻo KPH e hana i kā mākou ʻāpana i ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka ikehu hou i loko o ko mākou kaiāulu a kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i ke kaiapuni no nā hanauna e hiki mai ana.ʻO kēia ka lua o ka hoʻolālā solar nui a mākou i hoʻokō ai i nā makahiki i hala iho nei. "
Ua kōkua ke kākā'ōlelo ikehu Power Management Company o Rochester, New York, i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana ma waena o KPH a me Norwich Solar.
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Ka manawa hoʻouna: Oct-10-2022