[CPEO-BIF] Aerojet, Rancho Cordova solar (green remediation) case study

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Press Release
Aerojet
August 5, 2010


EPA Case Study Praises Aerojet's Solar Array Partnership


Signifies the Positive Impact Around the State

SACRAMENTO, Calif., /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: 
GY) company, announced today that the Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA) has released a 14-page study highlighting the company's 
partnership with EPA, SMUD and Solar Power, Inc. (SPI) that led to the 
installation of the largest single-site industrial solar array system in 
California and one of the largest single-site industrial solar farms in 
the United States. The study documents the key factors, lessons learned 
and required steps that led to the rapid, successful restoration of 
Aerojet land to beneficial use as an energy-producing environmental asset.

Aerojet and its partners designed and installed the fully operational 
six megawatt (MW) solar farm that spans across 40-acres of Aerojet's 
land. The solar array now powers portions of the company's existing 
groundwater remediation efforts, provides existing power for Aerojet's 
internal operations, and reduces the company's carbon footprint. For the 
next 25 years this system will produce approximately 11,000,000 kWh of 
renewable energy annually. To put that in perspective, the first-year 
net clean energy benefits equate to removing approximately 1,075 
combustion engine vehicles from California's highways, or the clean air 
benefits realized from planting 1,396,423 trees. The EPA and other state 
regulatory agencies supported the partnership with land evaluations, 
remedial consultation and recommendations throughout the development and 
final array installation.

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For the entire release, see
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/epa-case-study-praises-aerojets-solar-array-partnership-100068929.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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