Marin's Largest Solar Electric System Completed
San Rafael, California, United States August 18, 2006

EI Solutions announced today that it had completed the installation of a 490kW solar electricity system for the Las Gallinas Valley Sanitary District in San Rafael. The system, comprised of 2,940 Sharp solar panels, will meet over 90 percent of the district's electricity needs.

The project is Phase 2 of the District's solar program. Phase 1, installed by EI Solutions two years ago, is an 81kW array, which supplies power to pump recycled wastewater to maintain pasture land in open space.

Together the two systems will save the District $170,000 in electricity costs annually at today's prices.

The three-acre solar plant is surrounded by hundreds of acres of wildlife ponds created by the District with treated wastewater. The ponds are a haven for birds and wildlife, and they are enjoyed by thousand of people that walk miles of trails in the area each year.

Source: EI Solutions