{"id":5830,"date":"2012-12-04T22:41:34","date_gmt":"2012-12-04T22:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/?p=5830"},"modified":"2025-06-11T12:31:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T17:31:26","slug":"uf-dedicates-solar-panel-at-weil-hal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/stories\/uf-dedicates-solar-panel-at-weil-hal\/","title":{"rendered":"UF dedicates solar panel installation at Weil Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UF and Progress Energy officials dedicated its recent solar project during a ceremony outside Weil Hall &#8211; home to the College of Engineering.<\/p>\n<p>The solar project, funded by Progress Energy&#8217;s SunSense program, includes a 100-kilowatt solar system with three separate installations at the Microbiology Building, Rinker Hall and Energy Park in SW Gainesville.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A kiosk displaying information from the panels has been installed outside Weil Hall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt makes visible to the entire campus \u2014 and of course, because it\u2019s next to the stadium, the entire Gator Nation \u2014 what engineers actually do,\u201d said Cammy Abernathy, dean of the engineering college.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.duke-energy.com\/releases\/uf-progress-energy-florida-dedicate-energy-saving-solar-panel-system\">Read more<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UF and Progress Energy officials dedicated its recent solar project during a ceremony outside Weil Hall &#8211; home to the College of Engineering. 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