Warren Easton High – New Orleans Solar

New Orleans Schools Go Solar With Entergy, Nike, Winrock International, U.S. Green Building Council Partnership, City of New Orleans

New Orleans Schools Go Solar With Entergy, Nike, Winrock International, U.S.  Green Building Council Partnership, City of New Orleans    NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Work on an advanced,  hurricane-resistant solar roof wrapped up this week at Warren Easton Senior  High School, the first project of a partnership between Entergy Corporation,  Nike Corporation, Winrock International, the Louisiana Chapter of the U.S.  Green Building Council and the city of New Orleans.      The New Orleans public school is now equipped with a 28-kilowatt solar array  that will produce approximately 37,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity annually  - enough to power three typical residential homes.       The partners committed almost $1.7 million to the project with $1.5 million  coming from Entergy Corp. The installation at Warren Easton, which becomes the  largest solar array in the city, cost approximately $500,000, including  equipment, materials and installation.   

via reuters.com

Warren Easton High is producing enough solar power to power 3 homes according to the article.

I wonder how much power is being generated relative to the needs of a large high school.