SunPower has developed 3.8 MW of solar power systems, which will minimize power and operational expenses at the California water facilities.
The company has installed a 1.1 MW solar system at the Senga Doherty Pump Station of Rancho California Water District (RCWD) in Riverside County. The 1.1 MW RCWD system includes SunPower's T0 Tracker system. RCWD headquarters have also been installed with a 612 kW solar parking canopy system. The company completed an additional 1.1 MW RCWD system at the Santa Rosa Water Reclamation Facility in 2008.
The two solar systems can generate power and save 55% of the electricity expenditure at the Senga Doherty Pump Station and about 95% at the District Headquarters of RCWD. Over the next two decades, both SunPower systems can save up to $4.3 million.
The company also installed a 983 kW solar system in Wastewater Treatment Plant located at the City of Galt and a 1 MW solar system in Castaic Lake Water Agency’s (CLWA) Rio Vista Water Treatment Plant, Santa Clarita. Both installations include the company’s T0 tracker and are estimated to offset an average of 90% of the electricity cost.
PNC Energy Capital has bought the solar systems that have been designed, created, operated and maintained by the SunPower. The CLWA and the City of Galt will host the solar systems and procure the electricity at lower price. While the City of Galt plans to sell its ecological benefits linked with the 983 kW solar system and renewable energy credits (RECs), the CLWA will be the owner of the ecological benefits linked with the 1 MW solar system.
Source: http://www.sunpowercorp.com