SunPower is installing the solar power systems on rooftops as well as on solar shade structures in parking lots.
All solar power systems are expected to be complete and operational before the end of September 2012.
Over the next 25 years, the solar power systems are expected to reduce the District’s electricity costs by $25m.
Scottsdale Unified School District superintendent David Peterson said the project will allow the school District to reduce its electricity costs at the schools receiving these systems by half, to recover valuable funds needed for its academic programs and to pay for upgrades.
"By partnering with SunPower, we are maximizing those savings as well as having clean, renewable energy generated at our schools. It is the right thing to do for our students and our community," Peterson said.
SunPower regions president Howard Wenger said, "Scottsdale Unified School District can rely on its high efficiency SunPower solar systems to deliver guaranteed performance for the next 25 years or more."
The project was facilitated in part by the APS Renewable Energy Incentive Program, and Qualified School Construction Bonds provided funding for the systems, allowing District to own the systems.
According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, the solar power systems being installed in District will avoid production of 176,900 tons of carbon dioxide emissions over the next 30 years.
