EPA chief, S.F. Bay Area leaders celebrate Renewable Energy Procurement Project
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The project is the nation’s largest collaborative between government agencies in terms of siting renewable energy at their facilities, encompassing 186 of them. All told, R-REP is expected to generate 31 megawatts of solar power and could lead to taxpayer savings of more than $100 million in energy expenditures.
West Winton Landfill will be one of the project’s crowning achievements. Currently a capped waste-disposal site, the landfill will be transformed through the installation of roughly 19,000 photovoltaic solar panels that will generate 6 megawatts of power, or nearly 20 percent of the collaborative total output.
McCarthy was joined at the celebration by local government leaders, including Alameda County Supervisor for District 2 Richard Valle, Alameda County Administrator Susan Muranishi and Fremont Mayor Bill Harrison, as well as renewable-energy industry executives, including SunEdison President and CEO Ahmad Chatila and Joint Venture Silicon Valley President and CEO Russell Hancock.