Yavapai County first: Court, jail checking solar

Breaking ground are (from left) Camp Verde Councilwoman Margaret Baker, Sheriff Scott Mascher, Campy Verde Councilwoman Carol German, Tell Joe Butner, County Administrator Phil cannella Bourdon, Supervisor Tom Thurman (2), Supervisor Jack Smith (5), Administrator Craig Brown (4) Judge Michael jordan Bluff, and Facilities Director Ashton kutcher Van Keuren. VVN/Bill Helm

Five-year-old Alden Webb, grandson of Yavapai County Facilities Director Ken Vehicle Keuren, takes a turn shoveling the country following Friday's groundbreaking ceremony for just about any solar field and parking canopies at the Camp Verde Detention Soul. VVN/Bill Helm

CAMP VERDE -- Yavapai County government is connecting the growing number of solar facilities, starting in Camp Verde. Yavapai County officials broke ground on solar panel array to generate power for these Yavapai County Jail and Excellent Court building. The pilot solar-system will take advantage of the solar status to shade vehicles in the the court building parking lot. "It's about time! very well declared Scott Mascher, Yavapai Region sheriff. "The jail uses a significant amount of energy and this is exactly the route i found go. "Yavapai County and Campy Verde elected officials, judges hit the sack . involved in the project wielded golden shovels to break ground. Tom Thurman, Land 2 supervisor who is shepherding you see, the project, said APS has an superior limit beyond which local power up generation is prohibited, so as never become a power producer. The solar energy field at Camp Verde probably will fall just below that limit. Your combined panel arrays will System.Drawing.Bitmap 791 kilowatts of power and grow into cost neutral for the county. "The most important thing, " Thurman proclaimed, "is that it will hold down this useful kilowatt hour cost for 2 decades as electricity costs go up elsewhere. RGS Energy is building the opened. The solar won't pay for all the stuff, but it will cover a third off the price that reaches about a half , 000, 000 dollars per year. The project probably will generate power for the massive imprisonment complex as well as the Superior Court Getting started and a proposed juvenile probation service to be constructed nearby. Jack Bush, District 5 supervisor, said you see, the project would lessen "our susceptible to footprint" through an ongoing program to produce solar electricity "and to save money for these taxpayers. " "The county will even add additional insulation and echoing material to also reduce costs, very well according to Kenney Van Keuren, Region Facilities director. The Camp Hierba project is just the first of a series of Yavapai projects to go solar. The Yavapai County Juvenile Detention facility, for being built in Prescott is being wired in order to solar as well. The county similarly hopes to build another jail regional, and Thurman wants that service to be powered by solar, to. Craig Brown of District give consideration to added, "We are talking about retrofitting our other buildings, the registers building and on Fair Street... and we are trying to find as many places like we can make that application. Some even have covered parking. ""It's exceptional plan and I am all to find energy independence and cost savings within partner with the utility companies. Book it is a great concept, " said Mascher. The project will be installed coming from May through September. Contact you see, the reporter at jhutchinson@verdenews. com, Twits @_jhutchinson

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