Comments on: San Francisco OKs California’s Largest Municipal Solar Project

By: The 10 Greenest Cities in the U.S. : Sustainablog

The 10 Greenest Cities in the U.S. : Sustainablog — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:37:36 +0000

[...] San Francisco’s mayor Gavin Newson has declared “The City” as the nation’s solar power leader. San Francisco has an innovative recycling program complete with its own [...]

By: timekeeping software

timekeeping software — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:15:26 +0000

Half of it is being paid by Federal incentives, as is noted on the Recurrent Energy website.

By: Debt

Debt — Thu, 14 May 2009 16:00:28 +0000

Who ever said it was funded by tax dollars. Read the article for once.

By: susan K

susan K — Tue, 12 May 2009 13:00:23 +0000

Interesting comments. Not living in California I can only comment that at least they are trying….

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 11 May 2009 22:44:47 +0000

Just an educated guess by someone who lives in the area, but I suspect that the location was selected precisely *because* of the still-insane property costs.

The proposed project is slated for the Sunset Reservoir; it's an already established expanse of space that they really can't build upon or do anything else with. It was probably among their lowest cost options for securing a sufficient area up to the task of significant power generation.

Repeat: just my hunch. Having lived in the outer Richmond, comments above regarding fog in western parts of the city are well taken.

By: Gerg

Gerg — Mon, 11 May 2009 19:39:59 +0000

it sits on top of a reservoir- you cant zone for housing. it's definitely a step forward no matter how you look at it.

By: Dan E

Dan E — Mon, 11 May 2009 15:54:48 +0000

This is totally stupid subsidizing programs like this just drives up the cost of solar, and places that need it don't install it. They should do this in the desert east of San Diego. Land is cheap, so they could afford to build a much bigger plant. And because there is more sun, the plant will be significantly more productive per square foot.

This is people wanting to feel good about themselves actively hurting the planet.

By: games

games — Mon, 11 May 2009 14:43:54 +0000

I think this project is awsome, I hope every city do the same thing

greetings from Kansas!

By: Cliff

Cliff — Mon, 11 May 2009 12:11:44 +0000

Its being built on top of a water reservoir. so instead of just having a bare concrete surface they're putting solar panels. so there's no land wasted

By: John G.

John G. — Mon, 11 May 2009 09:02:34 +0000

True about the fog. The decision to build a solar farm in the Sunset District is obviously a PR ploy by Newsome (who is supported by Senators Feinstein and Boxer) to gain popular votes for Newsome's upcoming bid for Governor.

Wake-up California. With our budget and economy in turmoil, we need fiscally responsible leaders, not more of the same.

John G.