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The University of Pennsylvania is more than just another college. A member of the vaunted Ivy League, it also has an extensive healthcare component. Together, its educational and healthcare facilities consume an enormous amount of electricity \u2014 around 300 MW, or about a third of what an average size nuclear power plant produces. The only other Ivy League school that has made a major commitment to solar power is Columbia, which gets 100% of its electricity from renewable sources.<\/p>\n

The solar electricity is generated at two large solar farms \u2014 Great Cove I and Great Cove II \u2014 located on 1,600 acres in Fulton and Franklin counties in central Pennsylvania, about halfway between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Combined, they consist of 485,000 solar panels with a capacity of 220 MW. That makes…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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