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| City of San Diego unveils 1 Megawatt solar system City of San Diego launched a new 1.135 megawatt solar power installation at San Diego's Alvarado Water Treatment Plant. The panels produce about 20% of the plant's power. The Alvarado photovoltaic installation was built under an agreement with SunEdison. SunEdison built, owns and will maintain the solar system. The 1-megawatt water treatment plant site is the first of a multi-year solar deployment at City facilities that will eventually produce 5 megawatts of solar power and will become the largest municipal system in California, surpassing Google's planned 1.6 megawatt solar system in Mountain View, California. The Alvarado installation has 6,128 photovoltaic solar panels located atop the concrete roofs of all three water storage reservoirs, a total area covering approximately 4.33 acres. Each panel measures 4.5x3.5-feet. The solar power system, with the capacity to produce 1.602 million kilowatt hours of electricity per year, will have a measurable environmental impact and will reduce annual carbon emissions equal to 219 cars driving 12,500 miles annually. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Construction News :: home page |