Sacramento Soleil represents the first solar PV array in the United States, and the first in California, to be built exclusively in response to customer enrollment in a voluntary green pricing program. The SolarShares program provides an opportunity for all SMUD customers to choose solar-generated electricity and become "virtual solar owners". enXco provides the energy generated by the Sacramento Soleil installation to Sacramento Municipal Utility District through a Power Purchase Agreement.
Sacramento Soleil
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Developer, Owner, Operator:
enXco
Power Purchaser:
Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD)
System Size:
1.25 MWp
Start of Construction:
May, 2008
Date of Operation:
July, 2008
Photovoltaic Modules:
17,172 First Solar Panels
Application:
Fixed Tilt Ground-Mount
Technology:
Thin Film
Avoided Emissions:
1,415 Metric Tons of CO2
Equivalencies*:
Annual Greenhouse Gas Emissions from 259 passenger cars
Annual CO2 emissions from electricity use of 187 home
* based on EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies
Annual CO2 emissions from electricity use of 187 home
* based on EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies
