Since October 2004, Debra Lynn Dadd Communications has been powered completely with solar energy, through the purchase of green energy certificates. Though solar costs more than other renewables, I decided I wanted to support having more solar energy available.

When I purchase solar energy through my green energy certificates, this is where it comes from...

Pleasanton, California
Project Location

June 29, 2003
Commercial On-Line Date (COD)

968 kW
Total Capacity

1,500 MWh
Annual Energy Production

Project Site

• Located in the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, California.
• Project is publically owned by the Alameda County Fair Association and includes 20,000 square feet of panels atop 16 horse stables, two, 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 ondest 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.

• 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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