Applied Materials to Install 1.9 Megawatt Photovoltaic System

http://www.solarbuzz.com/News/NewsNAPR752.htm

Applied Materials is to install an over 1.9 megawatt solar power system at its research campus in Sunnyvale, California. Applied Materials says this is the largest solar power installation on an existing corporate facility in the United States and will be rolled out in three phases.

"When the project is complete we will have a silent, non-polluting 1.9 megawatt power plant on what is currently open roof space and parking areas, and a great hedge against future energy cost increases," said Mike Splinter, president and CEO of Applied Materials. "As we pursue our strategy to significantly drive down the overall solar cost-per-watt we feel it is important to lead through example and that installations of this size will help lower consumer cost and spur overall market growth."

Applied Materials will start installing panels later this year that use a variety of state of the art solar technologies. Once completed in 2008, Applied Materials' system will generate over 2,330 megawatt hours annually - the equivalent of powering 1,400 homes.

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weren't they the company that engineered the silicon chip that took us from room sized computers to IPods in just decades years?

it'll be interesting....