Palo Alto, California, Signs Up Its Largest Solar Power Installation
The City of Palo Alto's Utilities Department today announced that Roche Palo Alto has applied for the largest solar power system ever to be installed within city limits. Developed and operated by Solar Power Partners (SPP), the 112,000 square foot photovoltaic system will be mounted on the rooftops of several buildings on the Roche Palo Alto campus and will generate an estimated 1,398,194 kilowatt hours in electricity each year with a capacity of 1,021 kWDC (879 KWAC).
The system at Roche will be one of the largest privately owned commercial solar power systems in California.
When operating at peak capacity, the system will generate enough electricity to power approximately 172 Palo Alto homes. The clean energy that the system is expected to deliver will help avoid up to 700 metric tons of CO2 emissions each year. The PV solar system is expected to be operating and producing clean, renewable electricity by the end of this year and has an operational life expectancy of more than 35 years.
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