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April 22, 2010

Major Solar Home Initiative in Northern California




PG&E develops a solar home initiative based on a portfolio of smaller size projects to accelerate the creation of five hundred megawatts of solar power generation capacity. ...
... "The program, once complete, will generate up to 500 megawatts (MW) of clean energy, enough to meet the needs of about 150,000 homes in PG&E's Northern and Central California service area. " ...
Via PG&E: Major Solar Energy Initiative

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December 03, 2009

California Wind Power




PG&E will invest almost a billion dollars to purchase a wind power facility called the Manzana project from Iberdrola Renewables. The investment will be made in phases as the facility reaches various states of completion. ...
... "The proposed Manzana Wind Project, with a power capacity of up to 246 megawatts, would be the first wind project owned by PG&E. It follows a proposal by the utility in February, 2009 to develop and own 250 MW of solar photovoltaic power. The Manzana project would be located on about 7,000 acres in the Tehachapi region of Eastern Kern County, a site with favorable wind resources. If approved by the California Public Utilities Commission, the project could begin producing power by December 2011. " ...
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July 09, 2009

Solon Solar Power Plant in California




SOLON will build the solar power pilot plant for PG&E as part of its photovoltaic program in California. The pilot project will lead to the development of another 250 megawatts of mid-sized solar plants over the next five years. ...
... "PG&E awarded the SOLON Corporation a contract to produce photovoltaic modules and build a 2 MW power plant, which is planned to be completed in December 2009, in a multi-stage bidding process involving several top North American solar companies. The power plant is a pilot project for PG&E aimed at enabling the utility to develop more photovoltaic power plants in the future. As part of its solar energy initiative, PG&E plans to use photovoltaic power to deliver more than 1,000 gigawatt hours of electricity each year by 2015. " ...
Via SOLON: PG&E Picks SOLON

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