The panels are shiny and look like water.
Bioreserve solar panel denison university area acres.
Denison currently receives 15 of its energy from solar energy.
Denison s biological reserve was established by the board of trustees in 1966 through the efforts of professor robert alrutz who served as director until his retirement in 1990.
Denison s solar array has a generation capacity of 2 3 mw solar array and produces 2 800 000 kwh annually.
Renewable energy through the power of the sun.
It is home to more than 1 million flowering and pollinator friendly plants.
The reserve encompasses 350 acres in three contiguous sections that are within easy walking distance of campus.
Denison university s pollinator friendly solar array is the first of its kind in the state of ohio and the first in a five state area demonstrating an innovative and productive use for the land.
The purpose of the reserve is to enhance the education of students in biology and the environmental sciences through their courses independent research and casual visitation to the reserve.
A few friends hiking on nearby trails have asked him about the new pond or lake installed on a small section of about 350 acres of forested preserve owned.
Denison university s pollinator friendly solar array is the first of its kind in the state of ohio and the first in a five state area demonstrating an innovative and productive use for the land under and around ground mounted solar panels.