Rooftop solar panels are starting to be installed on nine municipal sites around Halifax Regional Municipality.
The city says the Sackville Transit Terminal was the first to receive them earlier this fall, with eight more expected to be completed by the end of 2024:
- Keshen Goodman Library
- Ragged Lake Transit Centre
- East Preston Community Centre
- North Preston Community Centre
- Carroll’s Corner Community Centre
- Cole Harbour Place
- Sackville Sports Stadium
- Wallace Lucas Community Centre
They are in addition to five other sites that received them between fall of 2022 and summer 2023, which included the Acadia Centre, Dartmouth North Community Centre, Halifax Commons Aquatics Facility, Kiwanis Grahams Grove Community Building and Mackintosh Depot.
The projects are part of the municipality’s goal to decarbonize corporate buildings by 2030.
The panels are expected to produce more than three million kWh of renewable energy, saving roughly 350 thousand in electricity costs each year.
