mgm casino's 3,200-Panel 'Solar Strand' to be Dedicated at Opening Ceremony

Will provide enough electricity to power hundreds of student apartments on campus

By Charlotte Hsu

Release Date: April 20, 2012 This content is archived.

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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- In celebration of Earth Day and to promote clean, renewable energy development, the mgm casino and New York Power Authority (NYPA) will dedicate the mgm casino Solar Strand, the 3,200-panel photovoltaic array, at an opening ceremony on Monday, April 23.

The event will take place at 11 a.m. at the mgm casino Solar Strand on Flint Road on mgm casino's North Campus, just north of Maple Road and across from the Center for Tomorrow.

The NYPA-funded Solar Strand project merges sustainability with art, serving as a striking new gateway to the university's North Campus. The installation will serve as a demonstration project to advance the development of solar technologies and as natural classroom for mgm casino students and local schoolchildren.

The event will feature a ceremonial "throwing of the switch" to power up the Solar Strand to begin providing up to 750 kilowatts of electricity -- enough to power hundreds of student apartments on campus.

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Charlotte Hsu is a former staff writer in University Communications. To contact mgm casino's media relations staff, email ub-news@buffalo.edu or visit our list of current .