SMUD and Lennar Homes Ink Largest Solar Homes Project in America (Sacramento, CA)

[jpak]

http://www.solarbuzz.com/News/NewsNAPR754.htm

The Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) and residential developer Lennar Homes have signed an agreement that represents the largest solar new homes partnership in the United States, and significantly eclipses any utility’s previous solar and high efficiency agreements with homebuilders. The agreement was approved by the SMUD Board of Directors today. The agreement will bring more than 1,200 super-efficient solar homes to the area.

In addition to saving future owners of these homes money on their energy bills, the agreement also delivers many economic and environmental benefits to the community.

Solar photovoltaic (PV) systems will be built into 1,254 new homes in 11 communities in the SMUD service territory. The first 506 homes will be constructed in the new Anatolia subdivision of Rancho Cordova and 79 new homes will be built in the Village Greens community of Natomas. Groundbreaking is planned for March.

The first 174 homes will be built this year; another 761 will be built in 2008; 476 in 2009; and 100 in 2010. Residents may save as much as 60 percent annually on their electric bills by using the sun’s power to generate electricity. An added feature allows homeowners to monitor their PV electricity production and their energy use in real time over the Internet.


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Exeter (CA) Company Installs Solar Farm

http://www.cbs47.tv/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=98d6d5f8-0dd3-4f77-9fed-64e71ea455f4&rss=153

Peninsula Packaging Company in Exeter has built a state-of-the-art solar farm to power their factory.

The solar farm consists of 3,800 cells that are capable of powering the entire plant making it one of the largest privately financed solar projects in the country.

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according to Solarbuzz this is a 1.1 MW system

El Dorado Hills, CA, USA: El Dorado County Commercial Developer Goes Solar

http://www.solarbuzz.com/News/NewsNAPR758.htm

Pacific Power Management, LLC has completed the design and installation of a 266 kilowatt solar electric system for Cemo Commercial in El Dorado Hills. The multi-million dollar project qualifies for a $798,210 solar rebate from Pacific Gas and Electric Company. The solar electric system, designed and installed by Pacific Power Management, is expected to generate more than 466,000 kilowatt hours annually, enough to power approximately 70 average homes. The system will generate electricity to power the commercial developer's headquarters.

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SPG Solar Unveils 500kW AC Solar Project For Sonoma County Water Agency

http://www.solarbuzz.com/News/NewsNAPR757.htm

SPG Solar, Inc. (SPG) announced today the commissioning of a 500kW AC kilowatt commercial photovoltaic (solar energy) system for the Sonoma County Water Agency (SCWA).

The state-of-the-art system is made up of 3,312 Sharp 180-watt modules and one SatCon 500kW inverter, ground mounted in three sections on the face of a reclamation pond that serves SCWA Airport-Larkfield-Wikiup sanitation zone treatment plant, located just north of Santa Rosa, CA. The system performance will be monitored by SPG’s proprietary SunSpot® with a display kiosk for real time production measurement.

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[Rabbit of Caerbannog]

1. I wonder what PV product Lennar is usung? Early in SMUD's

program they used a lot (most) of a product made here in Ole'Virginny by Atlantis Energy Systems called a SunSlate, a really nice building-integrated roofing shingle/PV module. Be nice if they still were. Be nicer if we could use there here at home instead of on the left coast. Sigh...

[Shallah Kali]

2. k & r.

good to see so many solar projects on their way.