Kinder Farm Park Goes Solar

Kinder Farm Park will be the one of the first parks in Maryland to have a solar power system, thanks to Solar Energy World, according to a release.

Through an agreement with Anne Arundel County Department of Parks and Recreation, Solar Energy World will begin helping the Kinder Farm Park with its goal to go green in 2013. The company will be installing a solar photovoltaic electric system to power the comfort station at the park.

The system is scheduled for installation in 2013, and will reduce the carbon emissions of Kinder Farm Park by 2.3 metric tons per year.

“As far as Kinder Park goes, we’re a local company and we do a lot of work right here and we just thought it would be a great opportunity,” said Tope Lala, president of Solar Energy World. “The people that live in this community are the ones that give back to us. Kinder Farm Park has been in the community for a long time and a lot of our customers are members there.”

The solar installation will include an educational component as well. Large signs will be placed around the comfort center with photos and descriptions of how solar energy works, the environmental benefits and ways for every person to lower their carbon footprint.

Lala said one of the many benefits of going solar is that it eliminates toxic emissions into the atmosphere.

“The reason there is such a push worldwide for solar is because it is clean energy,” Lala said. “No emission going into the atmosphere. That’s why people are going solar.”

CORRECTION: This article has been updated to correct the number of parks that have gone solar. Patch regrets the error.