Akeena Solar Powers Largest Commercial Solar Installation in San Francisco
January 13, 2009 by editor
Filed under Large Solar Installations, Solar News, Technology
Solar Power Partners Supplies Power Purchase Agreement Securing Clean Renewable Energy for Next 15 Years
LOS GATOS, Calif., — Demonstrating continued robust growth in the commercial sector, Akeena Solar, one of the nation’s leading designers and installers of solar systems, together in partnership with Solar Power Partners, Inc. (SPP) today announced the completion of the largest commercial solar installation in San Francisco. Solar Power Partners financed, developed and will operate the system through a power purchase agreement (PPA), which allows the site owner to purchase power at a predictable rate from SPP. The project totals 385 kilowatts and spreads 1,500 solar panels across four commercial buildings in the Hunters Point/Bayview neighborhood.
“I commend Akeena Solar and Solar Power Partners for their commitment to find economically viable ways to blanket San Francisco with solar panels and solidify San Francisco as a beacon of American solar energy,” said San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who in June signed the nation’s largest municipal solar incentive program into law. “Private sector efforts such as these are equally as important as publicly funded efforts like GoSolarSF to advancing our city’s renewable energy initiatives.”
The systems will provide an estimated 60 percent of the commercial buildings’ annual power needs — the equivalent to taking 75 cars off the road each year for 30 years. Located at the intersection of US-101 and Interstate 280, the impressive solar installation is visible to motorists on both freeways. Read more
New Five Megawatt Solar Project at San Francisco Sunset Reservoir
December 11, 2008 by admin
Filed under Installations, Solar News
San Francisco's Sunset Reservoir, which can hold about 90 million gallons of water, during a recent major renovation to retrofit for future earthquakes.
New Contract with Recurrent Energy Would Bring State’s Largest Solar Photovoltaic and Nation’s Largest Municipal Solar Project to San Francisco’s Biggest Reservoir by 2010
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Today Mayor Gavin Newsom praised the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) for approving a new contract with Recurrent Energy to generate five megawatts (MW) of solar power atop the recently seismically-retrofitted Sunset Reservoir. The project, which is expected to be completed and generating solar power for the City in 2010, will be California’s largest solar photovoltaic system and the nation’s largest municipal solar project. The project will also increase total municipal solar generation in San Francisco by more than 300%, from the current 2 MW to a total of 7 MW of solar power.
