Traders assist Superior Shepherd Food items Lender go photo voltaic

AUBURN — With the assistance of a pair of investors, Great Shepherd Meals Financial institution has mounted practically 900 photo voltaic panels at its Hotel Road distribution center, which officers say will permit them to refrigerate perishables when lowering emissions from regional fossil fuel crops. 

A overall of 895 panels are procedure at the Auburn web-site though an additional 840 have been mounted at their distribution heart in Hampden. 

Excellent Shepherd, partnered with Maine-based ReVision Power, got a permit for the $636,685 project in December 2019. 

“The volume of clean energy generated electrical energy will go over about 70% of what the Auburn and Hampden distribution facilities use yearly,” Jessica Donahue, advertising and communications supervisor for Excellent Shepherd Meals Bank, explained. “This is a web even task for us.” 

Excellent Shepherd Food Lender has mounted photo voltaic panels at its distribution centers in Auburn and Hampden. Good Shepherd Food items Financial institution picture

Community solar traders Fritz and Susan Onion of Wayne paid out for the panels, according to a Good Shepherd information release. 

“Good Shepherd Food items Bank is equipped to purchase the electrical power produced by the solar panels on its homes in Auburn and Hampden at a underneath-sector rate, knowing electrical power cost discounts quickly with no the upfront money financial commitment,” in accordance to the release. 

Decades down the street, the foodstuff lender will have the alternative to obtain the panels at a depreciated price to make its individual energy for the extensive term. The initial-year estimated photo voltaic output in Auburn is 355,831 kWh and 359,269 kWh in Hampden. 

“Good Shepherd Meals Lender had been considering solar vitality for many a long time. Solar strength was of desire for many explanations, the most noteworthy of which is that lengthy-time period energy expenditures cost savings enable the Food Lender to make investments more in its function to fight starvation in Maine,” Excellent Shepherd President Kristen Miale wrote. “Additionally, research clearly show that local climate transform disproportionately impacts minimal-earnings populations, so decreasing the effects on our setting is also aligned with our mission.” 

As the most significant hunger-relief firm in Maine, the Meals Bank companions with a lot more than 500 companion agencies to distribute healthy, healthy meals to persons and households struggling with starvation. In 2019, Very good Shepherd Food Lender dispersed a lot more than 25 million foods through the state. For additional facts, you should go to feedingmaine.org. 

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