EI Solutions Completes Solar Installation for Google
6/20/07 – EI Solutions, the systems integration arm of Pasadena-based Energy Innovations, has switched on the solar electricity system it built for Google’s Mountain View, California headquarters. The company says the system has a total capacity of 1.6 megawatts, and claims the Google system is currently the largest solar installation on any corporate campus in the United States to date and one of the largest on any corporate site in the world.
The project, which began in October 2006, was completed on schedule, on budget and utilized 9,212 solar panels provided by Sharp Electronics, according to EI Solutions.
The majority of the solar panels were installed on the rooftops of the Googleplex, which include multiple architectures and required the use of four different mounting systems. The remaining panels were placed on newly constructed carports in existing Google parking lots.
Google is making real-time information about the current output of the solar system available on the Google corporate web site located at: www.google.com/corporate/solarpanels.
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Google – googleblog.blogspot.com
