PG&E Builds Small Scale Solar Power Plants
EARTHTECHLING - Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) is snapping up renewable energy from giant solar projects to meet California’s renewable portfolio standard, which requires the utility to get a third of its power from clean sources by 2020. But that’s not PG&E’s only solar play; it’s also aiming to pick up 500 megawatts (MW) of installed capacity from smaller-sized projects, half of which it will build and half that will be built by independent developers.
Progress toward that goal was marked recently with the dedication of three PG&E-owned solar photovoltaic (PV) plants in Fresno County – the 15-MW Westside Solar Station, 20-MW Stroud Solar Station and 15-MW Five Points Solar Station (pictured below) – all of which are now feeding power to the grid.
