Over the next seven months, Intel will install solar panels at eight locations in four Western states that will generate about 2.5 megawatts of power. The project calls for installing the solar panels on the roofs of Intel buildings at all the sites except one. The installations are part of a larger power conservation initiative that Intel kicked off in 2001. Since that time, Intel has invested more than $30 million and has saved more than 650 million kilowatt hours using a variety of different renewable energy sources, including wind, solar, water and biomass. Intel officials say they not only want to reduce their own company's carbon footprint, but also are investing in companies that are developing clean technology products. Intel has invested more than $125 million in more than a dozen of these clean tech companies, including $10 million in five companies in 2009. The following slides illustrate what the new solar installations will look like when completed.
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Intel Solar Panel Installations Highlight Commitment to Green EnergyBy Jeffrey Burt
Santa Clara, Calif.
Intel will have solar panels installed on the roof of the Robert N. Noyce Building, the chip maker's corporate headquarters.
Rio Rancho, N.M.
Intel's Fab 11X facility was opened in 2002 at a cost of $2 billion, and has been updated several times as new generations of processors have been developed. Intel announced in 2009 that it was spending $2.5 billion to upgrade the plant once again as part of a plan to spend $7 billion to get its fabs outfitted to produce the new 32-nanometer chips.
Chandler, Ariz.
Intel will begin installing photovoltaic solar panels on the roof of the building in February, with project going online around April.
Hillsboro, Ore.
The panels atop Intel's building in Oregon will generate about 800 kilowatts of solar energy, the equivalent of the power used in about 86 homes.
Folsom, Calif.
The largest of the eight installations, the project in Folsom also is the only one that will not be placed on the roof of a building. Instead, the solar panels will be placed in a 6-acre field on the Intel campus.
Folsom, Calif.
This is another view of the Folsom solar field, which Intel officials say will generate about 1 megawatt of solar power. Intel expects to break ground in March, with solar power being generated by June.
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Over the next seven months, Intel will install solar panels at eight locations in four Western states that will generate about 2.5 megawatts of power. The project calls for installing the solar panels on the roofs of Intel buildings at all the sites except one. The installations are part of a larger power conservation initiative that Intel kicked off in 2001. Since that time, Intel has invested more than $30 million and has saved more than 650 million kilowatt hours using a variety of different renewable energy sources, including wind, solar, water and biomass. Intel officials say they not only want to reduce their own company's carbon footprint, but also are investing in companies that are developing clean technology products. Intel has invested more than $125 million in more than a dozen of these clean tech companies, including $10 million in five companies in 2009. The following slides illustrate what the new solar installations will look like when completed.