Wednesday, October 20, 2010

1-megawatt facility expected to create jobs, curb pollution

Government officials and solar-power leaders hailed the activation Monday of a 1-mega-watt solar plant on Tucson's north side as a job-creating, money-saving, pollution-reducing boon to Pima County.

The plant's 3,700 solar panels were built locally by Solon Corp., a solar technology manufacturer, at its factory in Tucson. SunEdison, a solar energy services provider, funded the plant.

The roughly 2-acre photovoltaic plant will help power the Roger Road Wastewater Reclamation Facility, 3035 W. El Camino del Cerro, and is the largest of its kind to be deployed within Pima County, according to a fact sheet provided by county supervisors."

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