Energy infrastructure solutions provider Ameresco Inc. has installed a rooftop solar project on top of the Community College of Philadelphia, the company says.

Aiming to contribute to the commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s statewide renewable energy commitments, the project includes the installation of two new solar arrays. The PV projects will advance the college’s long-term sustainability goals, the firm says, and promises lasting value for the school and the surrounding northern Philadelphia area.

The project is also supported by Pennsylvania’s ‘Solar for Schools‘ program, the company says. The program aims to bring costs down for educational institutions in the Keystone State adding solar to their premises. Officials say the community college solar project will begin construction in summer 2026 and see completion by the end of the year.

Bringing long-term benefits

The new project offers a bevy of long-term energy and education benefits, Ameresco and school representatives say. In addition to on-site renewable energy generation at both the college’s main campus and its northeastern satellite campus, the project will reduce grid strain for the wider Philadelphia grid.

The company says the rooftop project aims to strengthen energy resilience around the college as it joins the Solar for Schools program. The project “puts CCP at the center of Pennsylvania’s push to expand renewable energy,” especially in educational institutions.

“Higher education institutions have an important role to play in advancing renewable energy, and Community College of Philadelphia is doing exactly that,” says Louis Maltezos, co-president of Ameresco. “This project creates lasting value beyond the rooftop, supporting the college’s resilience goals while giving students a direct connection to the renewable energy systems shaping their future.”

As Maltezos says, the project includes inherent curriculum enhancement opportunities. Students will have the opportunity to interact with the systems through their education, allowing them to learn more about the wider impacts of renewable energy in the U.S.

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