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College sees progress on energy use reductions, climate goals

During an activation ceremony for Middlebury College’s big new solar array that will provide 40% of the institution’s power, President Laurie Patton noted that the college meets the other 60% of its electricity needs through the biomass plant on its campus, local solar energy production sites and Green Mountain Power’s grid. The new solar array joins eight other college arrays located on and off-campus, which together comprise around one megawatt.