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|  | Green Roseville Energy Sources
  Enrolling in Green Roseville supports new renewable energy facilities in Northern and Southern California, and right here in Roseville. Learn more about the specific facilities we are using below. | | High Winds Energy Center |  Operation began on
September 30, 2003 Initial Capacity/Total Capacity
145 MW / 162 MW Annual Energy Production
950,810 MWh | | Project Site - Ridge tops in the Montezuma Hills, Rio Vista Area near Sacramento.
- Sites on sheep grazing lands and barley fields, with farmers receiving $2,500 to $4,000 in land lease payments per wind turbine. Utilizes typically only 2% of farmland.
- Wind speed range of 14.5 mph at lower elevations up to 17.7 mph.
Turbines - The turbines are 60 meters tall at the turbine hub and 100 meters tall including the turbine blades. The diameter of the “swept area” covered by the turbine blades is 80 meters.
- High Winds' turbines can rotate to face oncoming breezes and capture energy at wind speeds from 8 to 55 mph.
- The tower is multi layer coated, made of conical tubular steel with an interior safety ladder.
Output - The 90-turbine High Winds wind project will generate enough energy to serve 75,000 homes
Will be the largest windmill project to date in California based on the number of megawatts it produces. | | | | | Alameda County Fairgrounds Solar |  Project Location
Pleasanton, California Operation began on
June 29, 2003 Total Capacity
968 kW Annual Energy Production
1,500 MWh | | Project Site - Located in the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, California.
- Project is publicly owned by the Alameda County Fair Association and includes 20,000 square feet of panels atop 16 horse stables, two maintenance buildings, and the Amador Pavilion, a covered arena.
- Total cost of the project was $4.6 million; PG&E supplied a 50% rebate subsidy to cover up-front capital costs.
- The project hosts solar panels manufactured by BP Solar and Kyocera, as well as Xantrex inverters, installed under contract with the California Construction Authority by Cal Electro.
- The project site includes the oldest continually operating one-mile horse track in the United States, dating to 1858. Seabiscuit’s owner, Charles Howard, trained some of his horses at the track.
Output - The Alameda County Fairgrounds project will generate enough energy to serve over 200 homes.
- Each year, the project will offset over 2,000,000 pounds of carbon dioxide (a gas that contributes to global warming).
- The Alameda County Fairgrounds project is one of the largest-scale solar projects in California.
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Project Location
Roseville, California Operation began on
December 20, 2002 Total Capacity
22 kW | | Project Site - Located atop the City of Roseville Fire Station #6, 1430 E. Roseville Parkway, Roseville, California
- Project is privately owned by Roseville Electric
- This project was funded in part by Roseville Electric’s RE-Green Fund program and in part with Roseville Electric’s Public Benefits Fund.
- Installed by the Global Solar Energy Company of Arizona, uses 72 ASE 300 solar modules connected to nine SMA 2.5-kW string inverters to produce 18.2 kW of peak power.
Output
- The Ray Sharp Memorial Fire Station No. 6 project will generate enough energy to serve over 3 average homes each year.
- Each year, the project will offset over 31,000 pounds of carbon dioxide (a gas that contributes to global warming)
| | | | | Mountain View Wind |  Project Location
San Gorgonio Pass, California
(Northwest of Palm Springs) Operation began on
September, 2001 Initial Capacity
66.6 MW Annual Energy Production
192,000 MWh | | Turbines - 111 Mitsubishi MWT-600 wind turbines.
- The turbines are mounted on 50- and 60-meter tubular towers.
Output - The 111 Turbine Mountain View Wind project will generate enough energy to serve more than 40,000 homes in California.
| | | | | Green Power Partners 1 |  Project Location
Riverside County, California Operation began on
June, 1999 Total Capacity
16.5 MW Annual Energy Production
~48,000 MWh | | Project Site - Located near Palm Springs, California, Riverside County.
Turbines - 22 Zond 750 kW wind turbines.
- The diameter of the “swept area” covered by the turbine blades is 160 feet.
Output - The Green Power wind project will generate enough energy to serve 4,800 homes.
- Each year, the project will offset 77 million pounds of carbon dioxide (a gas that contributes to global warming), 400,000 pounds of sulfur dioxide (which causes acid rain), and 260,000 pounds of nitrogen oxide (a leading cause of smog).
- Power source for the first commercial transaction involving a company, Patagonia, powering with renewable energy in California.
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