Our target:
We have a goal of 25 NEW megawatts of solar by March 2011 - that would supply the electricity for about 3,500 typical homes AND 50 large businesses!
We are tracking Sonoma County's progress towards the goal of 25 new Megawatts of solar right here. Come back soon to see how we're doing.
As of March 2010, we have added 13,105 Kw -- that's 13.1 Megawatts!* -- since March 1st, 2008, the date Solar Sonoma County officially started counting.
Overall, Sonoma County has a total of 30.2 Megawatts* of installed solar capacity to date.
Watch the red column to the right as we progress towards our goal.
Agilent Technologies 1 Megawatt system
October 2008
The 42-kilowatt Sun Dragon in Sebastopol's
Spooner Park pumps drinking water
for the city's residents.
Coast Guard Training Center in Two Rock
installed 125 kW in 2003 and another 875 kW in 2009
through a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA)
for a total of 1 MW.
Sonoma County Cumulative Solar Power and
Associated Greenhouse Gas Reductions
Greenhouse Gas reduction measured in tons per year
Projections Assume 3.89 Megawatts of new PV capacity annually from 2010 to 2015
* Installed solar capacity is based on nameplate rating. Using CEC AC
rating, total countywide solar installed to date is 26.2 Megawatts.
