Largest Solar Power project begins construction in Santa Cruz county,California

October 23rd, 2008 • Related • Filed Under
Installation of Solar Panels on roof of Soquel High School

Installation of Solar Panels on roof of Soquel High School

Construction of the county’s largest solar project began Wednesday as crews lifted the first of 1,800 solar panels to the top of Soquel High School, where 40 percent of the campus’ electricity will be generated by the sun.

These Solar panels are installed by a local company called Sandbar and is expected to be done by next month with addition of Solar panels to five buildings in Soquel High School campus. These panels should generate power by end of January. The district is predicted to save $100,000 per year in electrical costs and 1 million pounds of carbon upon completion.

Solar panels installation

Solar panels installation

The district expects to reduce its consumption from the state power grid by at least 75 percent overall by the time all of the panels are in place. Solar firms, who get renewable energy tax credits, charge the district less than PG&E, but Moss said the real benefit will be the cutback in use of fossil fuel energy.

MP2 Capital of San Rafael is the solar provider for the Soquel High project only, and will charge the district 12 cents per kilowatt hour. PG&E will continue to charge 15 cents for the percentage of its power used by the school.

Federal tax credits for solar energy were due to expire in December but were renewed for eight years as part of the $700 billion bail out bill passed by Congress for the nation’s financial system.

Contact J.M. Brown at 429-2410 or jbrown@santacruzsentinel.com.

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