Green Mountain Coffee Roasters to Build Vermont's Largest Solar Array

I've long been a fan of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters beans, but now I am even more ecstatic to support this company.

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters is building the largest solar array in Vermont to power their facility in Waterbury.

Construction on the 100KW PV array will begin this spring:

The solar array is the result of an innovative partnership between the coffee company, the State of Vermont, Green Mountain Power, and groSolar, North America's premier provider of solar energy solutions. The electricity generated by the approximately 530 solar panels will produce a small percentage of the total electricity Green Mountain Coffee needs for its production facilities in Waterbury. Company officials say the greater benefit is in showing what is possible for the future.

"Renewable energy must be a part of our overall energy strategy," says Paul Comey, Vice President of Environmental Affairs for Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. "We want to show our state and federal governments that solar energy works, and that we need a policy that provides a broad-reaching structure for renewable energy."

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