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Toronto goes solar to repair its schools

MAY 20, 2011
Physics Today
New York Times : Yesterday the Toronto District School Board announced a plan to install solar panels on its schools as a way of paying for much-needed repairs to the schools’ roofs. Facing a $3 billion backlog in roofing repairs, the board plans to install the panels on about 450 of its 558 schools and sell electricity to Ontario’s government-owned utility. Ontario, which promotes the development of alternative energy by paying a substantial premium for solar-generated electricity, came up with the idea and gave the school board a grant to develop it.
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