Crayola goes green with 15-acre solar farm
The farm will generate enough power to produce a third of the 3 billion crayons the company makes each year.
By Associated PressThu, Aug 05 2010 at 9:12 PM EST
SOLAR FUNDS: Crayola's solar farm project was funded in part by $1.5 million in federal stimulus money. (Photo: ZUMA Press)
Crayola crayons are going to be a lot greener.
Crayola LLC on Thursday unveiled a 15-acre solar panel farm in a field behind its headquarters in Easton, Pa.
The company says its 26,000 solar panels will annually produce 1.9 megawatts of electricity.
It says that's enough power to produce a third of the 3 billion crayons it makes each year in colors ranging from red, yellow and blue to gold, copper and silver.
The project was funded in part by $1.5 million in federal stimulus money.
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