Nation's First Solar Billboard

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Posted on: Wednesday, 13 February 2008, 03:00 CST

Nation's First Solar Billboard

By Andreozzi, Lori

San Francisco, California-According to the San Francisco Sentinel, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) unveiled the nation's first solarpowered billboard, which is prominently visible in San Francisco from the Highway 101 9th Street exit. The billboard is outfitted with 20 solar modules that are interconnected to the grid, and it delivers up to 3.4 kilowatts of renewable, solar energy to PG&E customers The power generated by the system exceeds the power used at night to illuminate the billboard's lights. In addition to installing solar, PG&E replaced the billboard's halophane light fixtures with energy-efficient LED lights.

The billboard is part of PG&E's new advertising campaign "We Can Do This," which features information about a variety of programs and services PG&E offers that are friendly to the environment.

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