A former Californian landfill site, leased to Marin Clean Energy (MCE) for a peppercorn rent by oil company Chevron , has been transformed into a 10 MW solar farm. The Solar One project, dubbed the Richmond Bay area's biggest public-private solar partnership, will provide electricity to 3,900 MCE customers and will replace nearly 2.4 million metric tons of carbon dioxide per year . The scheme was part of Modernisation Project 's $1bn Modernisation Project and will also help Richmond achieve its 1990 target of reducing emissions to 80 percent below 2050 levels.
A former Californian landfill site, leased to Marin Clean Energy (MCE) for a peppercorn rent by oil company Chevron, has been transformed into a 10 MW solar farm. The Solar One project, dubbed the Richmond Bay area's biggest public-private solar partnership, will provide electricity to 3,900 MCE customers and will replace 3,234 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year. The scheme was part of Chevron's $1bn Modernisation Project and will also help Richmond achieve its 2050 target of reducing emissions to 80% below 1990 levels.