Solar power looms in Yuba City future (CA)

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http://www.appeal-democrat.com/articles/2007/01/09/news/local_news/news5.txt

Prospects are brightening for a long-discussed Yuba City plan to power the city's wastewater treatment plant with solar energy.

The 3.6-acre solar panel array will be the subject of a Jan. 24 Yuba City Planning Commission public hearing on a use permit.

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The 775 kilowatt array would be built on the south end of the wastewater treatment plant located off Burns Drive, over a stormwater basin. Concrete piers would raise the panels five feet above a grade surrounding the basin.

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Yuba City's installation was said to rank among the nation's largest municipal photovoltaic systems. When combined with a 300 kilowatt turbine powered by wastewater plant byproducts (edit: biogas), the city would have 1 megawatt of generating capacity - enough to power 1,000 homes, Lewis said.

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[Semi_subversive]

1. I wish more cities would do this

More power to 'em. Yuba City still hasn't shaken off the stigma being ranked at the bottom of the 300 best places to live list from way back. I'm a frequent visitor to the Harley dealer there and think it's a great city.