The Atlantic City Convention Center is planning to build the largest solar paneled roof in the United States. The center is hiring PEPCO Energy Services of Arlington, VA to install solar on 290,000 square feet of its roof. Under the arrangement, PEPCO will pay to install the panels and the Convention Center will then buy the electricity back from PEPCO.

The center says the panels will supply 25% of its electricity needs and will save it approximately $4.4 million over the course of the twenty year contract with PEPCO. The project will create 2.36 megawatts of energy each day, enough to fill the electricity needs of 280 homes, making it the largest solar project installed on a single roof in the entire country.

With projects like the Atlantic City Convention Center roof it’s no wonder that the recent Utility Solar Assessment Study, by Clean Edge and Co-op America, estimates solar energy will provide 10% of America’s electricity needs by 2025. You can by learning more about renewable, clean energy from Clean Edge, a leading research and publishing firm helping companies, investors, and governments understand and profit from clean technologies.

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Newark Star-Ledger: Atlantic City plans nation’s largest solar roof

Press of Atlantic City (AP): Atlantic City Convention Centers solar-roof project would be tops in nation

APP.com (AP): Atlantic City center will install largest solar roof in U.S.