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Langley Township Has Solar Power For Events

Langley Township – At an event filled with thousands of people, dozens of performers, and all kinds of activities to explore, some very special guests could be found near the sidelines. They didn’t make noise or produce obnoxious emissions, they simply maintained a powerful presence and gave off positive energy.

A new, clean energy source was used to power the blowers that kept the bouncy inflatables inflated and ran the speaker system during the Township of Langley’s Canada Day celebration at Willoughby Community Park. Visitors to the July 1 event may have noticed a series of solar panels, along with several VOLTstack power stations, tucked along the west side of the site.

A smaller system was also used to power the sound at Langley Centennial Museum’s Canada Day event in Fort Langley, and at Arbour Day in Brookswood in April.

The new green technology is being tried out by the Township, which is committed to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and mitigating climate change locally and globally.

“The easiest and most important step to achieving this is to reduce our use of fossil fuels and move towards clean energy,” said Tanya Drouillard, Sustainability Programs Specialist with the Township of Langley. “Unlike diesel- or gasoline-powered generators which emit particulates and GHG emissions that are harmful to people’s health and the environment, these generators are a clean and healthy power supply option.”

“By replacing conventional generators with clean energy units at the Willoughby Canada Day event, the Township saved the equivalent of the amount of fuel it would take for a road trip from Langley to Saskatoon,” she said.

The green generators were supplied by Portable Electric, which had contacted the municipality earlier last year about the new technology. Township staff were excited about the possibilities they presented and decided to try them out at special events.

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