August 22, 2019 – Hanover Leads on Clean Energy
Energy Emporium installed the first Town of Hanover solar array at the Police Department as part of Solarize Hanover 1.0 in 2016.

August 2019, three years later, Hanover activates a new addition to the growing solar supply on the roof of Town Hall.

​Town Manager Julia Griffin, Judith Colla of Sustainable Hanover, Kim Quirk of ReVision Energy, April Salas of many affiliations, and others speak to a crowd of a few dozen passersby.

The Town has a goal to achieve 100% renewable electricity by 2030.

The Hanover Water Reclamation Center hosts its own solar array of 70 kilowatts (kW). That, plus another 700 kW system to be installed later this fall on town-owned land adjacent the Water Filtration Facility, plus the arrays at Town Hall and the Police Department total close to 1,000 kW in generating capacity, enough to supply 30% of the town’s electricity load.

Hanover, the government itself, requires roughly 3,000 kilowatts, or 3 megawatts (MW) of solar to become energy independent.

A banner hanging across from the Town Hall over North Main Street reads, “Solarize Hanover 2.0: Sign ups Through September.”

Solarize Hanover is one of several Solarize campaigns running across New Hampshire this year. Others include Solarize Monadnock, Solarize Kearsarge, and Solarize Canterbury.

The goal for Solarize Hanover is to double town solar installations from 125 to 250 by 2021.