The Clean Coalition is working closely with both PG&E and Sonoma Clean Power, as well as multiple leaders in the community, to analyze the best locations for North Bay Community Resilience Initiative projects. Final decisions have not yet been made, but some potential project sites have been identified.
Example location 1: Larkfield and the Old Redwood Highway Corridor
Larkfield and the Old Redwood Highway Corridor – ideal for a Community Microgrid
Ideal for Community Microgrid
Served by a single substation, Fulton
Example key sites — critical, priority, large roofs and parking lots, and more:
Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital
Luther Burbank Center for the Arts
Cardinal Newman High School
Mark West School and area
Larkfield Shopping Center
Molsberry Markets
John B Riebli School
St. Rose School
Larkfield and Old Redwood Highway Area Community Microgrid block diagram
Example Community Microgrid ElementsFulton Substation areaHospital clusterCardinal Newman High School clusterLarkfield Shopping Center clusterIntegration Capacity Analysis (ICA) Feeder Map with clusters circled
Example location 2: Coffey Park and the Bicentennial Corridor
Ideal for a Community Microgrid
Served by a single substation, Monroe
Example key sites — critical, priority, large roofs and parking lots, and more:
Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa Medical Center & Foundation Hospital
Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa Hearing Center
Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office
Superior Court of California
Sonoma County Clerk Recorder
Sutter Urgent Care
Security Public Storage
Schaefer Elementary School
Solstice Senior Living Center
And dozens of Commercial & Industrial roof and parking lot locations including K-Mart, Vertex Climbing Center, Trader Joe’s, Epicenter, Walgreens, Pepsi Bottling Group, etc.
Monroe substation areaKaiser Medical Center and Foundation HospitalSonoma County government buildings clusterCommercial and industrial cluster
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