Media Advisory: Sunlight to Power UB

The University at Buffalo and the New York Power Authority will announce a major, multi-million-dollar project to construct a major, solar-energy array to provide power to the UB North (Amherst) Campus.

It will be the largest solar array installation on any campus in New York State and one of the largest in the U.S.

The news conference will be held at 11:15 a.m. today (Thursday, May 7, 2009) in the Center for Tomorrow on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.

UB President John B. Simpson and NYPA President Richard M. Kessel will make the announcement.

The solar energy project will advance the UB 2020 strategic plan's focus on improving UB's campuses, in part, by improving their environmental sustainability. The project will allow UB to take a significant step toward going climate neutral, the goal of the Presidents Climate Commitment, which President Simpson signed in 2007.

Press arrangements: Ellen Goldbaum in the UB Office of News Services at 645-5000 ext. 1415 or 771-9255 onsite, or John DellaContrada, senior director of media relations in the Office of University Communications, at 645-5000 ext. 1409 or 361-3006 onsite.