The Oregon Department of Energy (ODOE) recently awarded Deschutes Public Library a $1,000,000 grant for construction of a powerful solar photovoltaic (PV) system at the planned Stevens Ranch Library in east Bend. Deschutes Public Library is one of 39 recipients of ODOE’s Community Renewable Energy Grant Program funds, and one of only five entities that received the program’s largest grant of $1,000,000.
The new Stevens Ranch Library, which is designed to achieve LEED Gold standards, will include roughly 100,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor space on 9.3 acres at the northeast corner of 27th Street and Wilderness Way in Bend. The ODOE grant will fund the construction of an 828kW net-metered solar PV system on the building’s roof and above portions of the parking area. Construction on the new Stevens Ranch Library will start in early 2024.
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