SAN MATEO, Calif., Oct. 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Balfour Beatty
Communities and SolarCity are nearing completion of approximately 7
megawatts of solar at Air Force family housing in four states. The
rooftop solar panels are installed across the residential
communities managed by Balfour Beatty Communities at Travis Air Force Base (AFB), in California; Sheppard
AFB in Texas; Tyndall AFB in Florida; and Luke
AFB in Arizona. Together
the installations utilize more than 26,000 solar panels to provide
power to more than two thousand housing units.
"I am very pleased to see this renewable, green-energy project
coming to Travis Air Force Base,"
said Congressman John Garamendi
of California. "Installing solar on the homes of service
members living in base housing makes sense. This type of
creative partnership between private and public entities and the
communities surrounding our major military installations has become
essential to the long-term viability of those bases and the
critical missions they execute. Funding for facility
enhancements and critical base infrastructure has become very
scarce due to budget cuts and sequestration. These types of
partnerships leverage private and community resources to produce a
win-win scenario that mutually benefits all partners. This
project will save taxpayer money, help build long-term
sustainability into the base, and is strategically smart for our
military, our environment, and our nation."
"I commend all parties involved, especially the leadership at
Travis Air Force, for prioritizing national security and military
families, hiring of veterans, and deploying affordable clean energy
in this innovative project that achieves multiple state and federal
goals," said California State Assembly member Jim Frazier (D-Oakley), whose district includes Travis Air Force Base.
"The Luke Air Force Base solar project demonstrates how
public-private collaboration can improve energy security and boost
economic development by lowering utility costs and providing jobs
for Arizona families, all through
the magic of producing energy from Arizona's most abundant resource, the sun,"
said Lupe Contreras, State Senator
and Senate Minority Whip in Arizona Senate District 19.
SolarCity designed, built and will maintain the solar power
systems, and the military housing project companies (jointly
operated by the Air Force and Balfour Beatty Communities) realize
savings from the lower cost of solar power. The rooftop
installations will total nearly 7 megawatts (MW) of solar power
generation capacity—Luke AFB is the largest of the installations
with approximately 3.5 MW of solar followed by Tyndall AFB at 1.4 MW, Sheppard AFB at 1.1 MW and Travis AFB with just under 1 MW capacity.
"We are proud to extend our successful solar energy program to
select properties within our Air Force portfolio," said
Chris Williams, president of Balfour
Beatty Communities. "When installation is complete at these
properties, we will have more than 40 megawatts of solar power
generating capacity across our military portfolio. We are quite
pleased to be able to partner with SolarCity to bring this clean,
sustainable energy resource to so many of our communities."
The SolarStrong initiative creates jobs across the country with
dozens of staff working on and installing each individual solar
project. SolarCity emphasizes veteran hiring across the company,
and has hired military veterans in over 90 locations across
the United States in installation,
recruiting, business development, sales and more.
SolarCity is the largest provider of solar energy to military
housing in the country, and has projects on 37 military bases in 12
states providing power to tens of thousands of military personnel
and their families.
About SolarCity
SolarCity® (NASDAQ: SCTY) provides
clean energy. The company has disrupted the century-old energy
industry by providing renewable electricity directly to homeowners,
businesses and government organizations for less than they spend on
utility bills. SolarCity gives customers control of their energy
costs to protect them from rising rates. The company makes solar
energy easy by taking care of everything from design and permitting
to monitoring and maintenance. Visit the company online
at www.solarcity.com and follow the company
on Facebook & Twitter.
About Balfour Beatty Communities
Balfour Beatty
Communities, LLC is a diversified real estate services company
delivering development, design, financing, construction,
renovation, property and facilities management services in the
multifamily, student and military housing sectors. A leader in the
industry, Balfour Beatty Communities has more than 50,000
residential units and $6 billion in
real estate assets under management and has developed or renovated
more than 29,000 units with a total value of close to $4 billion. Headquartered outside Philadelphia, PA, Balfour Beatty Communities
has more than 1,200 employees and is a subsidiary of Balfour Beatty
Investments, Inc.
Balfour Beatty Investments is part of Balfour Beatty plc, a
global leader in construction services, support services, and
infrastructure investment.
This release contains forward-looking statements including,
but not limited to, statements regarding plans to build solar
projects for U.S. military housing. Forward-looking statements
should not be read as a guarantee of future performance or results,
and will not necessarily be accurate indications of the times at,
or by, which such performance or results will be achieved, if at
all. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual performance or results to
differ materially from those expressed in or suggested by the
forward looking statements. You should read the section entitled
"Risk Factors" in SolarCity's annual report on Form 10-Q, which has
been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and
identifies certain of these and additional risks and uncertainties.
We do not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information,
future developments or otherwise.
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