Huntsville’s Nexus Energy Center Encourages Businesses to Put Up Solar Canopies

Published: Thursday, July 21, 2011, 4:50 PM     Updated: Thursday, July 21, 2011, 4:55 PM

By Steve Doyle, The Huntsville Times

Founded in late 2009 as a catalyst for commercializing green technology, Nexus is encouraging businesses in Cummings Research Park and elsewhere to put up solar canopies – essentially high-tech carports covered with solar panels.

Ubiquitous in California, solar canopies help shade business parking lots while also converting the sun’s rays into electricity.

Dell, Google, the Cincinnati Zoo and the Washington Redskins’ FedEx Field are among the growing number of places using solar canopies to meet part of their energy needs.

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