SunPower Corp has broken ground on a 28MW solar plant at the US Air Force’s Vandenberg base near Lompoc in California.
The base will buy the electricity generated by the project, which will be built on land just outside the gates of the facility on which US Air Force housing once stood.
It will also retain all the environmental credits associated with the system.
About 150 jobs will be created during peak construction, SunPower said.
Vandenberg Air Force Base chief of portfolio optimization Ken Domako said: “A solar project that is grid-connected to the base enables us to meet our electric demand with renewable energy and increase our energy security.
“We look forward to increasing the Air Force’s energy independence with competitively priced, dependable solar from SunPower.”
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