Former governors arnold schwarzenegger and jerry brown and other local elected officials joined local high school students business leaders and workers renewable energy advocates and community leaders marked achieving one million solar roofs across california during a celebration event at buchanan high school in clovis.
Arnold schwarzenegger solar panels.
Meanwhile on thursday at an event near fresno former gov.
Jerry brown at buchanan high school to celebrate california reaching its goal of 1 million solar roofs installed statewide.
In 2012 clovis unified school district installed solar panels on four sites and within a year solar panels had been installed on 23 sites.
Arnold schwarzenegger right greets his successor former gov.
When arnold schwarzenegger signed the million solar roofs initiative in 2006 the then california governor knew it was the kind of goal politicians tend to shy away from.
California generates so much electricity from utility scale renewables 12 000 megawatts on a sunny day for example that it exports energy to.
Arnold schwarzenegger and brown celebrated the state reaching 1 million solar rooftops a goal schwarzenegger set in 2006 and.
At the solar power international conference in san diego california gov.
Arnold schwarzenegger speaks to a crowd assembled at buchanan high school in clovis last week.
Former governors arnold schwarzenegger and jerry brown celebrated that one million homes and businesses have gone solar holding hope for a fossil fuel free future and cleaner air for all.
As part of governor arnold schwarzenegger s million solar roofs program california has set a goal to create 1 940 megawatts of new solar produced electricity by 2016 moving the state toward a cleaner energy future and helping lower the cost of solar systems for consumers.