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Meadville Area Senior High School
Meadville, Pennsylvania

Meadville students race their solar powered cars.

Address:
930 North Street
Meadville PA, 16335
(42N latitude, 80W longitude)

Footprint:
6 by 14 feet, pole-mounted

Array orientation:
45 degrees

Solar Panels:
20 Siemens SM-50 modules

Solar Project Electricity Generation:
1 kW peak (1,060 watts)

Number of Panels:
20 panels rated at 53 watts each

Connections to school:
Grid tied Advanced Energy inverter
converts DC to AC
no storage batteries
Other connections include:
meter that displays total electrical output by system
website that records and displays daily output levels

Number of Students:
1,100

Number of Floors:
1

Telephone:
814 336 1121

Contacts:

Rob Radnich, Physics Instructor
814 336 1121
rradnich@craw.org

Kathy Greely, Meadville Community Energy Project
814 332 2986
kgreely@allegheny.edu

Partners:
American Electric Power, Penelec Sustainable Energy Fund, Vestar, College Schools Collaborative, Foundation For Environmental Education, Third Sun Renewable Energy, and Ohio Energy Project.