Frederick Police Department to install solar power system [Video]

FREDERICK, Md. — The City of Frederick has announced that the city’s police department headquarters will be helping to save over $174,000 in energy costs with a new solar power system.

Secure Solar Futures will develop a 384-kilowatt solar canopy at the headquarters with the project being completed by the end of the year. The project is in partnership with Capital Solar Group. Through the power purchase agreement, the facility will receive solar power equipment at no upfront capital cost to the city. During the 25-year term of the agreement, Secure Solar Futures will own and operate the solar system, providing 100% of the power generated to the city, saving $174,577 in electricity costs. 

The police department’s solar energy system will be the first solar canopy on a municipal building in the city and the first at a public safety …