Stanford celebrated the opening of the Stanford Generating Station in Kern County, CA in December which will provide more than 50 percent of electricity for the campus. The 67-megawatt plant contains about 19.9 million solar cells and covers approximately 200 acres.
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Stanford's solar array uses robots to clean the panels. Compared with the traditional methods of cleaning solar panels (a bucket of water and squeegee),the robots which use less that half a cup of water per panel, can increase energy efficiency up to 15 percent. |