Lansing School District officials say they’re moving forward with a two-megawatt solar project, thanks to approval of a state energy grant.

The Lansing Star Online reports that the district will install about 6,000 panels on about 10 acres of land it will lease from the company that runs the Cayuga Power Plant.

District officials say they’ll save about $45,000 in energy costs in their first year, and estimate about $1.4 million in savings over a span of 20 years.

Lansing Central School District Business Administrator Mary June King told the Board Of Education Tuesday that a New York State Energy Research and Development (NYSERDA) grant for an approximately 2 megawatt solar array has been approved.  The grant will go to Dynamic Energy to construct an approximately 6,000 panel array.  The school district will buy the power from Dynamic Energy, saving an estimated $45,000 in the first year.

“We’re very excited about this,” Mary June King, the district’s business administrator, said this week. “I’ll have several meetings about this in the next several weeks as we negotiate the power purchase agreement, determine which plot of land we can put this array on, etcetera.  Everyone is excited about it.”