East Bay Municipal Utility District
TotalEnergies and the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) have devoted the Orinda Photovoltaic Photo voltaic Power Venture (Orinda PV), EBMUD’s largest photo voltaic facility. Designed, constructed, owned and operated by TotalEnergies, the 4.6-MW mission will provide the not-for-profit water company with roughly 10 million kWh of fresh photo voltaic power per yr underneath a long-term PPA, considerably offsetting EBMUD’s greenhouse fuel emissions and advancing the utility’s progress to its objective of carbon neutrality by 2030.
“The Orinda PV mission represents a leap in EBMUD’s clear power manufacturing and helps our mission to ship protected and inexpensive ingesting water whereas defending the atmosphere,” mentioned EBMUD basic supervisor Clifford Chan. “We imagine investing in a sustainable future is the suitable factor to do for our clients and our planet, not just for at the moment however for future generations.”
East Bay Municipal Utility District
Orinda PV incorporates over 12,000 high-efficiency panels mounted on single-axis trackers that maximize power manufacturing on the 12-acre web site. The location’s landscaping incorporates vegetative screening that minimizes the PV system’s visibility from close by nature trails and the Briones Reservoir, a preferred recreation space.
The Orinda PV mission is anticipated to offset 10% of EBMUD’s present power prices. The PV system will probably be interconnected with the native utility grid underneath PG&E’s Renewable Power Self-Era Invoice Credit score Switch (RES-BCT) Program, which permits the electrical energy generated by the mission to offset power consumed from as much as 50 of the EBMUD’s electrical accounts with PG&E. The mission’s location subsequent to PG&E’s Sobrante Substation reduces the prices and impacts of interconnection with the electrical energy grid.
Information merchandise from TotalEnergies
