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Gov. Schwarzenegger Applauds New Solar Agreements for Increasing California’s Renewable Energy
Governor
Arnold Schwarzenegger today, applauded new agreements that would increase California's
renewable energy supply with enough solar power to service approximately
239,000 homes annually. The agreements stipulate that Pacific Gas and Electric
Company has entered into two utility-scale, photovoltaic (PV) solar power
contracts, one that will create the largest photovoltaic plant in the world. The
agreements will generate an estimated total 800 megawatts (MW) of renewable
energy.
"These
solar energy projects are a huge step toward meeting our long-term renewable
energy and climate change goals, and they are also further proof to the world
and the business community that being good to the environment is also good for
the bottom line. In California, our
policies are spurring a clean-tech boom to help make these new technologies
mainstream-bringing companies and investment dollars into our state while
helping generate clean energy for hundreds of thousands of Californians."
California has been a national leader in
the development of clean and renewable energy sources with programs like Governor
Schwarzenegger's Million Solar Roof Initiative.
Also today,
as part of the XXVI Border Governors Conference, Gov. Schwarzenegger participated
in a Green Tech Exposition. Fifty companies from all over the world exhibited
their clean technologies at this expo. Products ranged from electric cars to
solar-powered flashlights to non-toxic cleaning products - all highlighting
this year's conference theme of "Building Green Economies."
