Coachella Valley Schools Go Solar

PALM DESERT, Calif. — A Southern California real estate/renewable energy development and investment firm is installing a 300-kilowatt solar power system at Xavier College Preparatory High School in Palm Desert. The project, which is being produced by Palm Desert-based Noble and Co., will be completed in early January.  Officials estimate the project will generate 80 to 100 percent of the school’s energy needs.
    

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Timing Right For Solar Project at Calif. School District

PETALUMA, Calif. —The Petaluma City School District in Sonoma County is working on a one-megawatt solar project, comprised of a 675-kilowatt system installed on parking lot canopies at its Casa Grande High School campus and a 385-kilowatt system installation on canopies at its Petaluma High School campus parking lot.
 
The district tapped the expertise of TerraVerde Renewable Partners to get the project off the ground, and Cupertino Electric Inc.

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