Click here to go to the PA Department of Environmental Protection’s Solar for Schools page or see below to go directly to specific documents and webinars/slides.

PA Solar Schools Toolkit
Solar on Schools Generic Proforma - Direct Ownership
Solar on Schools Generic Proforma - Power Purchase Agreements
Sample Request for Proposals (RFP)

The Philadelphia Solar Energy Association (PSEA) hosted 3 webinars to dive into different aspects of the Solar Schools Toolkit. 

Here are the recordings and slides for each.  Enjoy!

  1. Solar Schools: New Incentives Make Now the Best Time to Go Solar: Webinar 1; Slides

  2. Solar Successes and Lessons Learned: Case Studies from PA Schools: Webinar 2; Slides

  3. How to Pay for Your School’s Solar System: Webinar 3; Slides - Part 1 , Part 2

DOE circulates the Toolkit through its Schools Newsletter!! - Click here to learn more

Solar schools for Pennsylvania

Repowering education with clean energy

Solar power is a big part of the solution to Pennsylvania’s energy challenges – producing clean, affordable electricity right in the communities we call home.

The rooftops of Pennsylvania’s roughly 5,000 schools are often flat and unshaded, making them excellent sites for solar panels. The potential is huge – pre-K through 12th grade educational buildings in Pennsylvania have nearly 2,000 football fields’ worth of rooftop space that could be suitable for solar.

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