Oakland Mail Center Now Solar Powered (910 kW PV)

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Chevron Energy Solution has completed the largest solar power and energy efficiency project for the United States Postal Service at its mail center in Northern California. The project at the Oakland Processing and Distribution Center reduces the facility's power purchases by more than one third and is the latest indication that businesses and institutions are installing energy efficiency measures to reduce costs and help fund on-site renewable power systems.

The Oakland project is one of dozens that Chevron Energy Solutions is developing at mail facilities throughout California, Arizona, Nevada and Hawaii under a multi-year contract with the Postal Service. In Northern California alone, at major postal centers in San Francisco, West Sacramento and other locations, these high-efficiency and alternative power improvements will save the Postal Service more than $2 million per year in energy costs.

"The cost savings from these energy-efficient improvements are great enough to fund not only the equipment installations, but also renewable power systems," said Jim Davis, president of Chevron Energy Solutions. "We commend the U.S. Postal Service for implementing viable, market-driven projects that are helping to meet the rising global demand for energy in ways that benefit the environment."

The 910-kilowatt solar power system -- the largest installed to date at a federal building -- spans a rooftop area nearly the size of two football fields, and it will help meet electric demand during peak periods.

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