KINGSTON – The City of Kingston has received an $83,000 State Parks Department grant for a solar array at the Forsyth Nature Center.
The funding will replace a deteriorating horse barn with a metal one that now serves as a storage area for the facility’s maintenance equipment.
The solar array will be a roof-mounted solar system on the new storage barn roof, estimated as a 25kW-sized system.
It will serve the nature center directly, providing power for operations including lighting, heating, and cooling electrical loads for the critical animal facilities on the property, as well as cover the demand from the building itself.
It is expected to take 18 months to complete.
The city previously installed solar arrays at the Andy Murphy Neighborhood Center, the Albert Brown Community Center – formerly the Rondout Neighborhood Center – and the Andretta Pool House. 
Solar projects are also planned for Hasbrouck Park pavilion and a solar field on First Avenue.
Kingston is a designated Clean Energy Community and a Silver Certified Climate Smart Community.
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