MCE Solar One Recognized in the Environmental Project Category in Partnership with City of Richmond and RichmondBUILD
POUR PUBLICATION IMMÉDIATE May 22, 2020
Contact presse MCE :
Jenna Famular, Communications Manager
(925) 378-6747 | jfamular@mcecleanenergy.org
“The Acterra judging committee was impressed by the collaborative effort involving MCE and the City of Richmond,” said Nicole Angiel, Acterra’s Director of Sustainability. “Not only does the project provide a green energy option for rate payers in the East Bay, its development generated fixed-term, much-needed, high-paying jobs for Richmond residents.”
“RichmondBUILD was very excited to be able to partner with MCE on this project along with the City of Richmond, sPower, Chevron, and Cenergy Power,” said Fred Lucero, Program Manager at RichmondBUILD. “This project represents the largest public-private solar partnership in the Bay Area and provided our program participants – who are from low-income households and largely minorities – with training in green-collar jobs that will help build a brighter future for themselves and their families.”
The Solar One project eliminates 3,234 metric tons of carbon dioxide each year and repurposed 60 acres of a remediated brownfield site while supporting over 340 jobs with a 50% local hire requirement.
"MCE Solar One produces enough renewable energy to serve nearly six percent of Richmond's electricity load," said Mayor Tom Butt of Richmond. "I'm proud that we're not only generating electricity close to home, but this project has also given us a way to model the types of collaborations we need – from the public and private sector, as well as local unions – to combat climate change.”
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À propos de MCE : Premier programme d'agrégation de choix communautaire de Californie, MCE est une agence publique innovante à but non lucratif qui, depuis 2010, établit la norme en matière d'innovation énergétique dans nos communautés. MCE propose une énergie plus propre à des tarifs stables, ce qui permet de réduire considérablement les émissions de gaz à effet de serre liées à l'énergie et de réinvestir des millions de dollars dans des programmes énergétiques locaux. MCE est une entité de desserte de la charge qui soutient une charge de pointe de 1 000 MW. MCE fournit de l'électricité à plus de 480 000 clients et à plus d'un million de résidents et d'entreprises dans 34 communautés membres réparties dans quatre comtés de la Bay Area : Napa, Marin, Contra Costa et Solano. Pour plus d'informations sur MCE, visitez le site mceCleanEnergy.org
