{"id":506,"date":"2019-06-07T19:38:13","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T19:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cetys.mx\/news\/?p=506"},"modified":"2020-03-19T06:59:18","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T06:59:18","slug":"university-solar-project-in-mexicali-tijuana-will-be-largest-in-mexico-and-latin-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cetys.mx\/news\/university-solar-project-in-mexicali-tijuana-will-be-largest-in-mexico-and-latin-america\/","title":{"rendered":"University Solar Project in Mexicali &#038; Tijuana Will be Largest  in Mexico and Latin America"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CETYS University project will include 3,000+ panels, generating 1.2 mega-watts<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Officials at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cetys.mx\/en\">CETYS University<\/a> announced today that the private, non-profit, university in Baja California will construct <strong>mor<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>e than 3,000 solar panels<\/strong> on its campuses in Tijuana and Mexicali. Collectively, <strong>the project will generate 1.2 MW of energy<\/strong>, making it the largest campus-based renewable energy project in Mexico and Latin America. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The $1.7 million project will generate the equivalent of 50% of the annual energy consumption of the university\u2019s Mexicali campus, limiting annual carbon dioxide emissions by 1,397 metric tons. Of the 3,000-plus panels, 2,873 will be located on the CETYS Mexicali campus, while the remaining 226 will be located at the university campus in Tijuana.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-508 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cetys.mx\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/6.jpg\" alt=\"conferencia\" width=\"6016\" height=\"4000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cetys.mx\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/6.jpg 6016w, https:\/\/www.cetys.mx\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/6-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 6016px) 100vw, 6016px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>\u201cThis is the most ambitious sustainable energy project led by any educational institution in Latin America,\u201d<\/em> said Dr. Isaac Azuz Adeath, project leader for the solar initiative and research coordinator at the CETYS University College of Engineering. <em>\u201cIn both the number of panels and the energy produced, this project sets a new Latin American standard for the contributions colleges and universities can make in the fight against climate change.\u201d <\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In making today\u2019s announcement, university officials cited the institution\u2019s commitment to preparing socially conscious professionals and highlighted sustainable development goals set forth by the United Nations as a call to action for higher education institutions\u2014among others\u2014to generate clean energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cUniversities have an opportunity and an obligation to lead on climate change,\u201d said Dr. Fernando Leon Garcia, president of CETYS University. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cetys.mx\/en\/who-we-are\/\">Sustainability is central to who we are as an institution<\/a> and projects like this reflect our mission of preparing professionals with a clear sense of environmental stewardship.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the Mexican Ministry of Energy, the installed capacity for solar energy in Baja California in 2016 was 6 MW. The initiative at CETYS will represent a nearly 20% increase in solar energy capacity statewide, above 2016 totals. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Approximately 10% of the solar panels installed at the Mexicali campus will be provided as a donation from solar panel manufacturer SunPower. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CETYS University project will include 3,000+ panels, generating 1.2 mega-watts Officials at CETYS University announced today that the private, non-profit, university in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-innovation","category-press-releases"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>University Solar Project in Mexicali &amp; 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