Powering Cornell University's Residence Halls with Solar Energy In 2020, Cornell University, located in Ithaca, New York, announced a 1 megawatt power purchase agreement to construct five solar arrays on the rooftops of its North Campus Residential Expansion. GreenSpark was chosen as the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) provider, and Kendall Sustainable Infrastructure (KSI) owns the project. https://greensparksolar.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/TGW_GS_Cornell-KSI-DroneFootage_v1_10192021.mp4 The solar power from this project will reduce Cornell’s carbon footprint by providing about 35% of the power needed for the new buildings. The energy generated represents a tenfold increase in the on-campus rooftop solar capacity and supports the University’s Climate Action Plan target…