Santa Rosa Junior College Petaluma Solar— 1.2 MW Solar
Santa Rosa Junior College Petaluma Solar is a 1.2 MW solar power plant in the United States, operated by Sonoma County Junior College District since 2018. Ranked #2786 of 3289 solar plants in the United States. Its 1.2 MW contributes to the country's total solar capacity of 40,823 MW. The largest solar plant in the United States is the Sandstone Solar Energy Project at 2,000 MW, making Santa Rosa Junior College Petaluma Solar 1.67 times smaller. Nearby plants include Geysers Unit 5-20 (1163 MW, Geothermal), Calistoga Power Plant (176.4 MW, Geothermal), and Geothermal 1 (110 MW, Geothermal). The facility is located in Sonoma County, approximately 80 km north of San Francisco.
8 years old
United States of America, North America
- 9,316. largest of 10,098 plants in United States of America
- #36,836 worldwide by installed capacity
- #9,923 of 11,042 Solar plants worldwide
8 years in operation
Solar fleet average: 10.4 years
Sonoma County Junior College District operates 1 plants totalling 1 MW
109 plants within 100 km, 7,857 MW combined
Location
Zero Direct Emissions
Santa Rosa Junior College Petaluma Solar is a solar power plant producing approximately 2 GWh of clean electricity per year with zero direct CO₂ emissions during operation.
Lifecycle emissions: ~41 g CO₂/kWh (manufacturing, transport, decommissioning)
Technical Details
- Primary Fuel Type
- Solar
- Energy Source
- Renewable
- Country
United States of America- Continent
- North America
- Data Source
- Global Power Plant Database
United States of America — Energy Profile
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