Sacramento City Hall +three other sites to get solar panels
source: http://www.sacbee.com/2011/04/02/3522129/sacramento-city-hall-three-other.html
As part of its years-long effort to build a reputation as one of the nation's greenest cities, Sacramento is installing more than 8,000 solar panels on City Hall and other city properties.
The city is partnering with SolarCity of San Mateo to place the solar panels at four municipal locations, including the Richards Police Facility and the city's corporate yards in south Sacramento.
The solar systems will produce enough electricity to light 250 homes.
"It's our goal to become a greener city, and generating clean energy on our facilities is (in) keeping with that commitment," said Mayor Kevin Johnson.
He said the solar panels "will save taxpayers money by lowering the city's energy costs, reduce pollution by generating renewable power and create more local jobs to install the panels."
SolarCity will install the panels, maintain them and finance their construction.
The city, in turn, will pay for the power produced by the panels at prices anticipated to be lower than current rates.
Dennis Cox, regional director for SolarCity, said the company plans to add about 20 local jobs, partly as a result of the city project. The company currently employs about 81 people in its Sacramento office.
The solar project, which was approved by the City Council earlier this week, is the latest undertaken by the city.
The city also is holding talks with German solar energy provider Conergy Projects Inc. to develop a solar farm at the city's 28th Street landfill.
The project eventually could provide enough electricity to power up to 16,000 homes and would complement the city's development of Sutter's Landing Regional Park at the 172-acre property.
Founded in 2006, SolarCity is a national, full-service solar provider for residential customers, businesses and government agencies.
In the Sacramento area, the company has about 700 solar projects, which include retail outlets and large manufacturing facilities such as Intel Corp.'s Folsom campus.
SolarCity also has a large number of local residential customers who lease solar systems.
Since last year, when Sacramento Municipal Utility District and PG&E Corp. began offering incentives to ease the upfront cost of leasing, demand for residential leases has increased sharply, the company has said.
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/04/02/3522129/sacramento-city-hall-three-other.html
The city is partnering with SolarCity of San Mateo to place the solar panels at four municipal locations, including the Richards Police Facility and the city's corporate yards in south Sacramento.
The solar systems will produce enough electricity to light 250 homes.
"It's our goal to become a greener city, and generating clean energy on our facilities is (in) keeping with that commitment," said Mayor Kevin Johnson.
He said the solar panels "will save taxpayers money by lowering the city's energy costs, reduce pollution by generating renewable power and create more local jobs to install the panels."
SolarCity will install the panels, maintain them and finance their construction.
The city, in turn, will pay for the power produced by the panels at prices anticipated to be lower than current rates.
Dennis Cox, regional director for SolarCity, said the company plans to add about 20 local jobs, partly as a result of the city project. The company currently employs about 81 people in its Sacramento office.
The solar project, which was approved by the City Council earlier this week, is the latest undertaken by the city.
The city also is holding talks with German solar energy provider Conergy Projects Inc. to develop a solar farm at the city's 28th Street landfill.
The project eventually could provide enough electricity to power up to 16,000 homes and would complement the city's development of Sutter's Landing Regional Park at the 172-acre property.
Founded in 2006, SolarCity is a national, full-service solar provider for residential customers, businesses and government agencies.
In the Sacramento area, the company has about 700 solar projects, which include retail outlets and large manufacturing facilities such as Intel Corp.'s Folsom campus.
SolarCity also has a large number of local residential customers who lease solar systems.
Since last year, when Sacramento Municipal Utility District and PG&E Corp. began offering incentives to ease the upfront cost of leasing, demand for residential leases has increased sharply, the company has said.
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/04/02/3522129/sacramento-city-hall-three-other.html
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- groups:
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- tags:
- California, Solar Power, Solar, Solar Energy
