San Francisco OKs new 5 megawatt solar project at Pier 96
Source: San Francisco Business Times /May 14, 2008
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2008/05/12/daily39.html
The largest solar project in the San Francisco and the third largest in the country is coming to a city rooftop near you. San Francisco Public Utilities Commission authorized a new 5 megawatt solar power project that will grace the roofs of the newly retrofitted Sunset Reservoir and the Pier 96 which houses the NorCal Recycling Center.
The project will generate enough electricity to power both buildings and other city services and buildings including San Francisco General Hospital and the Muni light rail system.
San Francisco-based Recurrent Energy won the contract to finance and build the project through Power Purchase Agreements. Recurrent will own and operate the power plant and sell the power back to the city over a 25-year period.
The project — expected to generate power by mid-2009 — increases San Francisco’s solar power generation to 7 megawatts.