SunPower Corp. is designing and building 3.6 MW of solar power systems for 16 schools in the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) in California. Once completed in 2014, the district estimates it will reduce electricity costs at those facilities by 46%.
The systems, which will incorporate SunPower's photovoltaic modules, include rooftop solar arrays and solar shade structures in school parking lots.
‘SunPower works with school districts across California to reduce operating costs and repurpose the savings to the classroom," says Howard Wenger, SunPower's president for regions.
