Green Power Partnership
Partner Profile
| City of San Jose, CA | |
| Location | San Jose, CA |
| Organization Type | Govt. (Local, Municipal) |
| Percentage Green Power | 14.5% |
| Organization-wide Purchase | Yes |
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| Partner Profile In 2007, the City of San Jos adopted its Green Vision, focusing its environmental efforts on ten ambitious goals. For goal three, the City is currently aiming to transition 100 percent of its electricity to renewable sources by 2022. For municipal facilities, this translates into a goal of approximately 50 megawatts (MW) of renewable electricity. Current sources of on-site renewable energy include biogas engines at the joint San Jose / Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant (WPCP) and solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on various municipal facilities. Upcoming projects include a fuel cell installation at the WPCP, along with solar installations at additional municipal facilities. Along with municipal renewable energy, this goal focuses on community-wide adoption of renewable energy. By the end of 2010, 2,219 solar PV systems with a total capacity of 32.5 MW had been installed in San Jos. The equivalent of over 8100 average residential systems -- it is the most solar installed in any large city in Northern California. | |