Will the lights be "cut-off" or "full cut-off"? A dark sky issue.
-- Michael Rewey Madison, WI cell 608.698.6673 home 608.249.6673 ---- "Schimpff wrote: > > Hot off the press FYI from MGE: > > 2. Solar PV Lighting Project > > MGE will install solar photovoltaic powered lighting fixtures along a > section of the new University of Wisconsin-Madison bike and pedestrian > path currently under construction along Campus Drive. This project will > fulfill the final remaining provision of a 2003 Memorandum of > Understanding that MGE and the UW Madison signed with several > environmental groups. The MOU was negotiated during the 2003 West > Campus Cogeneration Facility approval process. > > The $220,000 lighting system is designed to collect and store solar > energy to power lighting along the path between University Bay Drive and > Walnut Street near the cogeneration facility. The project consists of > 37 PV fixtures designed to provide dusk-to-dawn lighting without any > connection to the electrical grid. This project will offset electricity > generated from conventional sources and test the efficacy of off-grid > lighting systems in our region. > > Path construction began in August with completion expected by spring of > 2008. > > **************** > > Jeff Schimpff > "Bus, Bike, Walk or Carpool to Work for Clean Air for Kids" _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
