Wyandotte maybe Metro Detroit's best kept secret when it comes to keeping
ahead of the curve. Its downtown maintains a vibrancy that rivals Royal Oak, works to redevelop inner-city property faster
than Ypsilanti and develops green energy avenues
with the tenacity typically identified with Ann Arbor.Add another feather in the cap of that last
one with the Wilson Middle School
solar project. Kulick Enterprises
and CRESIT Energy, both based in Wyandotte, are working to install
54 solar panels on the roof of the Wyandotte
Public School this month.
"This is forward thinking and now
we're trying to get some builders on board with it," says Robert Kulick,
president of the Kulick Enterprises.
Kulick's company will begin installing a
10-kilowatt system on March 17 and finish within a week. A 10-killowatt system means it can produce 10
kilowatts of electricity per hour on a clear, sunny day. It can produce as much
as 30 to 60 percent on an overcast day.
The $100,000 system (paid for with grants
from the state and Johnson Controls)
will go up on the school's southwest wing. Students and staff will track the
amount of electricity it generates and monitor it from a webcam. Local
officials are also looking at launching a Web site that will track the system's
electricity production.
Source: Robert Kulick, president of Kulick
Enterprises
Writer: Jon Zemke
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