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Eastern Jackson County, MO —
The Lyric Opera of Kansas City has announced a partnership with Solar Link US Inc. to install two solar arrays on the soon-to-open Opera Center located in the East Crossroads. This unique partnership is the first renewable energy project in the state of Missouri between an arts organization and Solar Link. The solar panels will be located on the roofs of the Production Arts and Administration buildings of the Opera Center.
The solar array is comprised of two, 25 kilowatt systems featuring a total of 228 panels. The system will produce 70,300 kilowatt hours during the first year, which is enough to offset estimated energy bills between 25 and 30-percent. To provide a tangible comparison, 70,300 kilowatt hours is equal to running the lighting and computers in a small office for seven years or running 50 big screen TV’s around the clock for 195 days.
Once installed later this month, the Opera Center solar panels will help produce clean electricity from the sun and will help preserve the environment by eliminating power plant emissions totaling approximately 1,442 tons of carbon dioxide. This is equivalent to planting 7,210 trees or reducing driving by 288,400 auto miles over the 25 year life span of the system.
The installation of the solar panel array is one of the final components of the company’s capital campaign for the renovation of property in east Crossroads in downtown Kansas City for its new Opera Center complex. In 2007, the Lyric Opera purchased properties at 18th and Charlotte streets in the Kansas City Crossroads Arts District. The Opera Center complex consists of two buildings – a Production Arts building and an Administrative building with set rental inventory storage.
The Lyric Opera of Kansas City has announced a partnership with Solar Link US Inc. to install two solar arrays on the soon-to-open Opera Center located in the East Crossroads. This unique partnership is the first renewable energy project in the state of Missouri between an arts organization and Solar Link. The solar panels will be located on the roofs of the Production Arts and Administration buildings of the Opera Center.
The solar array is comprised of two, 25 kilowatt systems featuring a total of 228 panels. The system will produce 70,300 kilowatt hours during the first year, which is enough to offset estimated energy bills between 25 and 30-percent. To provide a tangible comparison, 70,300 kilowatt hours is equal to running the lighting and computers in a small office for seven years or running 50 big screen TV’s around the clock for 195 days.
Once installed later this month, the Opera Center solar panels will help produce clean electricity from the sun and will help preserve the environment by eliminating power plant emissions totaling approximately 1,442 tons of carbon dioxide. This is equivalent to planting 7,210 trees or reducing driving by 288,400 auto miles over the 25 year life span of the system.
The installation of the solar panel array is one of the final components of the company’s capital campaign for the renovation of property in east Crossroads in downtown Kansas City for its new Opera Center complex. In 2007, the Lyric Opera purchased properties at 18th and Charlotte streets in the Kansas City Crossroads Arts District. The Opera Center complex consists of two buildings – a Production Arts building and an Administrative building with set rental inventory storage.
