Grant Cottage switches to solar during Earth Week
MOREAU, N.Y. â Grant Cottage is now off the grid, following a switch to solar during Earth Week. Set atop Mount McGregor in Saratoga County, the National Historic Landmark known as the final home of Civil War Commanding General of the U.S. Army and 18th U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant has joined the renewable energy era. A new solar powered micro-grid is now providing 100 percent of the electricity needed by the two-story residence and visitors center at the site, according to the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. - Advertisement - The $400,000 project...
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