With Community Choice Energy we could initiate projects like these.
Marin Clean Energy Projects
MCE Solar One at Richmond Brownfield: 10.5 MW - Local communities are gearing up for construction of one of the largest solar projects in the Bay Area! MCE has teamed up with RichmondBUILD to train and hire employees for the Solar One Project, a new 49-acre, 10.5 MW ground mount solar farm that will be built at a former Chevron Richmond Refinery brownfield site. Due to former industrial use at the site, future use is affected by environmental contamination, making it an ideal site for ground mounted solar. The project is expected to be completed by August 2016.The project will create 344 local jobs and once completed will generate enough power for nearly 3,000 homes per year! This will be the largest solar project in MCE’s service area and the first MCE-owned project. Pre-development costs are covered in part by Deep Green customers.
Cooley Quarry at Novato: 1.5 MW -->
One of MCE’s long-term goals is to give everyone in their service area access to affordable clean energy sited as locally as possible. With Local Sol, anyone in MCE’s service area can harness the power of the sun, whether they own, rent, or have a suitable rooftop. With the help of Danlin Solar, REP Energy, and the Novato Cooley Quarry, MCE will soon be flipping the switch on a new community solar farm. |
<-- San Rafael Airport Solar Project: 972kWh Airports have a ton of roof space to spare, so why not convert them into solar surfaces? MCE’s best-in-California Feed-In Tariff program was behind the recent agreement with the San Rafael Airport to build a 972 kilowatt rooftop solar project—the largest solar installation in Marin County, made possible by ratepayer revenues that are invested in community benefit projects. |
Waste to Energy at Novato Landfill: 4 MW - MCE is partnering with the Novato Landfill to capture methane gas from the landfill and turn it into renewable energy. The project is expected to be completed by April 2016.
Sonoma Clean Power Projects
12.5 MW of Solar on Wastewater Ponds -Sonoma Clean Power says the 12.5-megawatt project will be able to serve 3,000 homes. The new Sonoma County project will be mounted on docks across six wastewater ponds operated by the Sonoma County Water Agency. Read entire article.
Floating Solar for Vineyards and Ag - Sonoma Clean Power officials have set up talks with vineyard, farm, dairy and other landowners in Sonoma Valley and around Healdsburg about using their irrigation ponds for what is said to be the largest floating solar-electricity project in the U.S. and the second-largest in the world. Read entire article.
<-- Photograph: Sonoma Magazine, The Press Democrat. Sonoma County Water Agency Deputy Chief Engineer Cordel Stillman stands next to solar panels on a levee at a water treatment holding pond. Floating solar panels will be in place on the ponds by next year. (Kent Porter / PD File Photo, 2015)
Floating Solar for Vineyards and Ag - Sonoma Clean Power officials have set up talks with vineyard, farm, dairy and other landowners in Sonoma Valley and around Healdsburg about using their irrigation ponds for what is said to be the largest floating solar-electricity project in the U.S. and the second-largest in the world. Read entire article.
<-- Photograph: Sonoma Magazine, The Press Democrat. Sonoma County Water Agency Deputy Chief Engineer Cordel Stillman stands next to solar panels on a levee at a water treatment holding pond. Floating solar panels will be in place on the ponds by next year. (Kent Porter / PD File Photo, 2015)
70 MW Solar in Central Valley - Sonoma Clean Power also has a contract for 70 megawatts of solar power from a development in the Central Valley. (Sonoma Magazine, The Press Democrat)