SUN-EDISON FIRST W/100 GIGAWATT-HOURS OF SUN

SunEdison Surpasses 100 GWh of Delivered PV Solar Energy Generation; First North American Owner/Operator to Surpass Major Energy Service Milestone
March 31, 2009 (Business Wire)

"SunEdison…is the first owner/operator in the United States to surpass 100 GWh in delivered PV solar electricity generation. SunEdison’s Renewable Operation Center (ROC) tracked the event as the ticker rolled over the 100 GWh milestone at 11:06 am ET on March 24, five years after [North America’s largest solar energy services provider] activated its first commercial-scale PV solar energy system.

"SunEdison’s solar fleet of 221 solar power plants has avoided more than 124 million lbs of CO2, the same amount of emissions that would be produced by driving from New York City to Los Angeles 43,101 times. One hundred GWh is enough to meet the annual energy needs for more than 13,700 California residents…"

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"SunEdison’s Renewable Operations Center (ROC), located at the historic McClellan Air Force base in McClellan, California, is a key part of the company’s services architecture. The ROC monitors the energy and power output of the SunEdison solar portfolio; analyzes and remotely diagnoses system performance; and then dispatches crews for rapid field service.

"The SunEdison fleet operated at over 100 percent of expected generation in 2008…

"Sun Edison LLC…operates across a global marketplace…[and] provides solar-generated energy at or below current retail utility rates to a broad and diverse client base of commercial, municipal and utility customers…"