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Prospector Square

Location: Danville, CA
Installer
: Snow Solar Systems
On-line Date: Fall 2006
System: Sol-Gen™ 22 KW utility connected
solar electric system
Annual Output: 40,000 kwh

Provides 100% of electrical use with each rental space utilizing individual heat pumps for heating and cooling. No natural gas being used for heating, and saving the burning of natural gas and the pumping of CO2 into the atmosphere.

*Recieved 2007 Gold Nugget Best Retail Project Award

 

   

Capitol Honda Car Dealership


Location: San Jose, CA
Installer: Atlas Pellizzari
On-line Date: Fall 2004
System: Sol-Gen™ 130 kW utility connected solar electric system
Annual Output: 210,000 kWh

The first car dealership in northern California to receive a solar cash rebate through the State's Self-Generation Incentive Program. This system meets virtually all of the dealership's power needs and they have experienced a 35% savings in electricity expenses.
 

   

Mt. Tam Racquet Club & Sports Center


Location: Larkspur, CA
Installer: SPG
On-line Date: Fall 2002
System: Sol-Gen™ 149 kW utility connected solar electric system
Annual Output: 241,000 kWh

This system was designed to reduce the club's annual electrical bill from $60,000 to less than $5,000, a reduction of over 90%.
 
   

Frog's Leap Winery

Location: Napa, CA
Installer: Sunlight Electric
On-line Date: Winter 2005
System: Sol-Gen™ 151 kW utility connected solar electric system
Annual Output: 244,000 kWh
Frog's Leap Winery has always held environmental preservation and land stewardship as its core values. This winery furthered its commitment to sustainability and reduced its electric bills considerably when it installed a solar electric system on its property.

 
   


Oroville Sewage Commission

Location: Oroville, CA
Installer: SPG
On-line Date: Winter 2002
System: Sol-Gen™ 520 kW utility connected solar electric system
Annual Output: 950,000 kWh
This 3 acre ground mount system is one the largest of its kind in the world and employs 5,200 BP Solar modules to produce roughly 80% of the Sewage Commission’s electrical needs.

 
Telecom System    


SOLAR-POWERED CELL ENHANCER FOR
CELLULAR LINK PAC-TEL CELLULAR


Location: Laguna Canyon, CA
On-line Date: November 1987
System: Sol-Gen™ 1.5 kW telecom system
Annual Output:
25 kWh
The Laguna Canyon cell enhancer has been performing flawlessly since November 1987, when it was first put into operation. It has become a showcase for the utilization of solar power in telecommunications applications and has been
visited by people from around the world.