Celebrate the opening of Maine’s largest rooftop community solar project Thursday at Foxcroft Academy

DOVER-FOXCROFT — UGE, a community solar developer working to make  renewable energy accessible and affordable for all, will be hosting a celebration for the completion of its  1-megawatt rooftop community solar project in Dover-Foxcroft on Thursday, Oct. 19 at 2 p.m. The event will be held at Foxcroft Academy’s Jim Robinson Field House, where the solar project is  sited. All interested community members and press are invited to attend.  

At the celebration remarks will be delivered by Arnold Shorey, head of school at Foxcroft Academy; Jack  Clukey, Dover-Foxcroft town manager; Stacey Shorey, superintendent of RSU 68; and Tyler Adkins, an  executive at UGE. Elijah Flint, project manager at UGE, will provide a brief educational session on the  design, construction, and functioning of the project.  

The Foxcroft Community Solar Project provides cheaper, cleaner electricity to Foxcroft Academy and  RSU 68, the public school district serving Dover-Foxcroft, Monson, Sebec, and Charleston. The solar farm  will offset more than 1,000 metric tons of CO2 each year, the equivalent generated by burning over  150,000 gallons of gasoline. Built atop Foxcroft Academy’s new 80,000 square foot field house, the  project is set to become Maine’s largest rooftop community solar project. In addition to saving on  electricity costs over the next 20-plus years, Foxcroft Academy will earn annual lease payments from UGE in  exchange for use of the rooftop space where the solar project sits.  

To RSVP to the Foxcroft Community Solar Celebration, please visit this link.

UGE develops, owns, and operates community and commercial solar and energy storage projects. Our  distributed energy solutions deliver cheaper, cleaner energy to businesses and consumers with no  upfront cost. With over 500MW of global experience, we work daily to power a more sustainable world.  Visit us at www.ugei.com.