Luther College dedicates new solar arrays

Luther College on Friday dedicated three solar photovoltaic arrays at the college's solar field site on Pole Line Road.

The new 820 kW solar array was financed through a third-party solar power purchase agreement with a local Iowa corporation, Oneota Solar, LLC.  Under the terms of the agreement, Luther will pay a fixed price per kilowatt-hour for 10 years, and then will purchase the facility from Oneota Solar, LLC, and operate the arrays for the long term.  Luther expects to save at least $1 million in electricity costs over the 20-year life of the system.

With this addition, Luther once again hosts the most solar photovoltaic capacity in the state of Iowa at 1,100 kW.