The Mayor’s Office of Sustainability reports that the 250-kilowatt solar array at PWD’s Southeast Water Pollution Control Plant has generated enough electricity to power 2.7 houses for a year. The solar array has been in operation for five months and is part of Mayor Michael Nutter’s Greenworks goal of generating 20 percent of Philadelphia’s electricity from alternative energy sources by 2015.
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