A moderate sized municipality in Los Gatos CA goes solar

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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.