Sonoma Mountain Village Now Complete with 1.14 (MW) Photovoltaic Array

[jpak]

http://www.solarbuzz.com/News/NewsNAPR698.htm

Sonoma Mountain Village, Codding Investment’s innovative new landmark redevelopment, yesterday dedicated the largest privately-owned solar array in California. The innovative live/work development is open for occupancy by businesses.

The business center within this comprehensive 200-acre village, located on the former Agilent Technologies campus near Sonoma State University, is completely powered by solar electricity, thanks to Codding’s use of 1.14 Megawatt solar array, designed and developed by PowerLight Corporation.

Sonoma Mountain Village, located in the picturesque wine country north of San Francisco, successfully blends high-tech jobs, residential properties, and attractive retail and dining destinations into one navigable pedestrian-oriented neighborhood.

There will be 2,000 residential units in the Village; new residents will be drawn to this unique new neighborhood by its high-tech industry jobs and environmentally conscious sensibilities.

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[pooja]

1. Now, if we could only get that to the poor people who actually need

free energy, it would be a miracle.

[havocmom]

2. Soon as the Corporations get a meter for sun and wind, we'll see more

use of clean power, but the power won't be free then.

[jpak]

3. NGO's have many many PV programs underway in the developing world

But as they provide only a few dozen watts per household or a few kW per village, they rarely get much coverage in the world press.

They are making a real difference in these people's lives and eliminate household expenditures on candles and kerosene.

They are also bringing the internet, laptops and cell phones into remote rural villages not serviced by the electrical or telecommunication grids.

It's happening...

[Stardust]

4. I read that solar cells are fairly commonplace in German households. True?

[jpak]

5. Yes - Germany installed 837 MW of PV last year alone

A lot of those arrays were rooftop domestic...