Aug. 24, 2009

New MCV Campus Steam Plant solar panels help VCU go 'Green'

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The MCV Campus Steam Plant, east of Interstate 95, provides steam for heating and sterilization for much of the MCV Campus, the VCU Health System and nearby state and private office buildings in downtown Richmond.

Crews installed a new 6.6-kilowatt solar panel array on Aug. 14 to help VCU offset about 7,000 metric tons of carbon gases each year. The work was done by Cityspace Solar, a renewable energy company that focuses on solar energy in residential and commercial construction. For more information about VCU’s green efforts, visit www.vcugoesgreen.vcu.edu/.

The MCV Campus Steam Plant, on Oliver Hill Way, can be seen from Interstate 95 and from the upper floors of buildings in downtown Richmond.
The MCV Campus Steam Plant, on Oliver Hill Way, can be seen from Interstate 95 and from the upper floors of buildings in downtown Richmond.


Crews from Cityspace Solar worked high in the sky to install the new solar panel array on the south side of the plant’s stack.
Crews from Cityspace Solar worked high in the sky to install the new solar panel array on the south side of the plant’s stack.


The system of 30 solar panels, seen here, will help VCU offset about 7,000 metric tons of carbon gases each year.
The system of 30 solar panels, seen here, will help VCU offset about 7,000 metric tons of carbon gases each year.