U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders with Sustainability Studies Chair Dr. Ben Luce, students, and faculty.

College to use federal money to build solar array

November 12, 2009 By The Associated Press

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Vt.'s Lyndon State to use federal grant to built solar power system

LYNDON CENTER, Vt. - LYNDON CENTER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont's Lyndon State College soon will be adding some solar power to its energy mix, thanks to a federal grant.

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders visited the campus Wednesday to announce a $32,000 U.S. Department of Energy grant for a 5-kilowatt solar power array on the Lyndon campus.

The money will help pay the projected $50,000 cost of the project, which is being spearheaded by students in the college's Sustainability Studies program.

Sanders, a Vermont independent, used the occasion to talk about the need to address global warming and greenhouse gasses and the benefits of becoming energy independent.

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