Greenskies Clean Focus Completes 1.62 MW Solar Portfolio for Hackensack Public Schools in New Jersey
Solar Installations Across Seven Sites Offsets to Cut Carbon Emissions Equivalent to Planting 22,000+ Trees
North Haven, CT (June 24, 2025) – Greenskies Clean Focus (Greenskies), a national leader in renewable energy solutions, is proud to announce the successful completion of a 1.62 MW portfolio of solar energy projects for the Hackensack Public Schools (HPS) in New Jersey.
The portfolio includes eight solar systems installed across seven sites, including all four elementary schools, the middle school, the high school, and the board of education administration building. While most systems were installed on rooftops, Hackensack High School features a combination of rooftop and carport solar arrays. Together, these systems encompass more than 3,600 solar panels.
Installed Solar Systems:- Hackensack High School – 1 MW combined
- Hackensack Middle School – 303 kW
- Nellie K. Parker School (Elementary) – 113 kW
- Jackson Avenue School (Elementary) – 70 kW
- Fanny Meyer Hillers School (Elementary) – 41 kW
- Fairmount School (Elementary) – 24 kW
- Padovano Center (BOE Administration Building) – 65 kW
- 150,000+ gallons of gasoline burned
- 475+ tons of waste added to landfills
- 22,000+ trees planted each year
(Source: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator)
Greenskies served as the solar developer, EPC, financer, and owner for the projects and will manage long-term operations and maintenance. The installations were funded through a 15-year solar power purchase agreement (PPA), allowing HPS to benefit from clean energy with no upfront investment.
“This project exemplifies how school districts can harness solar energy to achieve both financial and environmental goals,” said Bryant Bernhardt, Senior Vice President of Business Development at Greenskies. “We’re proud to support Hackensack Public Schools in creating a more sustainable future for their students, staff, and community.”
“By transitioning to renewable energy, we're reducing our environmental footprint and creating long-term cost savings that can be reinvested directly into our classrooms,” Assistant Superintendent Andrea Parchment said. “We're also providing our students with real-world examples of innovation and sustainability in action. Every day they walk into school, they'll see firsthand how smart energy choices can power both education and environmental responsibility."
The HPS’s adoption of solar power demonstrates a strong commitment to sustainability and fiscal responsibility, creating lasting benefits for students and the broader community.
About Greenskies Clean Focus
Greenskies Clean Focus offers a full suite of decarbonization solutions, including onsite and offsite solar, battery storage, microgrids, and CCHP. Our vertical integration delivers the most cost-competitive solutions for commercial, public sector, and utility energy users throughout the US. From beginning to end, our customers work with a single delivery team. Greenskies originates, develops, constructs, and operates, while Clean Focus finances and owns the systems. Since our founding in 2009, we have developed and constructed over 320 MW of renewable energy facilities across more than 600 sites in 19 states. Solar Power World ranks Greenskies Clean Focus as the number one commercial solar developer in the Northeast and top three in the US, based on cumulative kW installed.
For more information about Greenskies Clean Focus and its decarbonization solutions, please visit www.greenskies.com.
About Hackensack Public School District
The Hackensack School District is dedicated to educational excellence for every child. Our schools aim to prepare students for challenges facing them today and in the future. We believe our children and our teachers are our most precious gifts. Our goal is to inspire students to be leaders of their own learning. As a community of learners, we value our rich cultural diversity and recognize it as one of our greatest strengths. We also understand that achieving our goals requires collaboration between teachers, parents, students and the broader community.
For more information about Hackensack Public School District, please visit www.hackensackschools.org