CALIFORNIA BUSINESS MINUTE
Top Solar Cities in California
06-10-10
Hi, I am Tim Johnson and welcome to the California Business Minute.
California leads the nation in solar energy use but also as a producer of solar
technologies.
A report from the Los Angeles-based organization Environment California identifies
that at the beginning of 2009, the top cites in the state for residential solar use.
The following ranks the cities both large and small, that host the largest amount
of solar power, measured in terms of numbers of solar installations (e.g. roofs)
and amount of solar power (e.g. installed capacity) as well as those cities that
host the highest concentration of solar power based on population.
Top 10 for Number of Solar Roofs
Rank Cities Number of Solar Roofs
1 San Diego 2,267
2 San Francisco 1,493
3 Los Angeles 1,432
4 San Jose 1,336
5 Fresno 1,031
6 Bakersfield 751
7 Clovis 733
8 Santa Rosa 729
9 Sacramento 692
10 Berkeley 648
Top 10 for Solar Capacity (kilowatts installed)
Rank Cities Kilowatts AC installed
1 San Diego 19,452
2 San Jose 15,818
3 Fresno 15,005
4 Los Angeles 13,442
5 San Francisco 12,763
6 Santa Rosa 11,212
7 Bakersfield 7,341
8 Oakland 7,007
9 Chico 6,417
10 Richmond 6,286
Top 10 for Solar Roofs per Household (Smaller Cities)
Rank Cities Solar roofs/# households
1 Nevada City 18.8%
2 Sebastopol 15.5%
3 Trinidad 11.9%
4 Portola Valley 10.1%
5 Los Altos Hills 7.7%
6 Ojai 7.6%
7 Point Arena 7.3%
8 Lincoln 6.6%
9 Grass Valley 6.0%
10 Sonoma 5.8%
Top Ten for Solar Capacity (watts-AC) per Capita
Rank Cities Watts-AC installed/population
1 City of Industry 1,563
2 St. Helena 558
3 Lakeport 431
4 Sonoma 347
5 Sebastopol 325
6 Auburn 311
7 Nevada City 289
8 Oroville 286
9 Portola Valley 236
10 Plymouth 212
I am Tim Johnson and this has been the California Business Minute.
To view the full report go to:
http://www.environmentcalifornia.org/reports/energy/energy-program-reports/californias-solar-cities
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