Alternative Energy Development Group, a Berwyn-based company that helps commercial-scale clients reduce their energy demand and supply costs, was the lead developer of a project at Penn State that will provide University Park with one percent of its electricity needs, while also serving as a living lab for students, writes Matthew Long for Penn State News.

Chris Fraga, the CEO of AEDG, recently joined university officials to celebrate the completion of a two-megawatt, advanced utility-scale solar photovoltaic system.

“The challenge that we were given was that ‘this has to be integrated into the colleges, to (their curricula), to academia, and it has to produce energy that is cost-effective for the university,’” said Fraga.

About 70 individuals and 40 organizations from Penn State departments and company divisions helped to develop the array, which, according to PSU officials, “will continue Penn State’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gases, lowering our dependence on fossil fuel-based electric generation, while supporting research and grant development.”

“May the sun shine bright on this beautiful solar array,” said Fraga. “May it shine bright on Penn State, its faculty, its Board of Trustees, its students, and its alumni and friends.”

Click here to read more about the Alternative Energy Development Group’s work on the project from Penn State News.

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