The City of Riverside is committed to supporting and building alternative methods of generating power through renewable resources. An example is the 133-kilowatt Photovoltaic (solar) Generating Station at the La Sierra Metrolink Station. This carport is entirely paid for through public benefit funds, and is just one of the ways the City of Riverside provides the community with renewable energy, assuring our power needs are met today and in the future.

• Located at: 10901 Indiana Avenue, Riverside, CA 92503
• Project Started: December 2002
• Projected Online Date: March 2003
• Solar covered carport built in cooperation with Riverside County Transportation Commission
• Paid for with Public Benefits Funds
• Station will be second largest (after Union Station) in Metrolink system
• Larger twin sister to the system at the Utilities Operations Center
• 133-kilowatt system consisting of 1776 mono-crystalline 75 watt panels
• Generates enough electricity to power approximately 110 homes
• Provides covered parking for over 200 spaces
• Environmentally friendly, quiet, and clean source of renewable power
• Over its 25-year life span, based on peak power ratings. Displaces;
  • 6,583,500 lbs. of carbon dioxide
  • 16,625 lbs. of nitrous oxides
  • 53,200 lbs. of sulfur dioxide
• Eventual uses include an integrated electric vehicle re-charging station
• According to the U.S. Government’s Energy Information Administration, one fourth of the air pollution produced by burning fossil fuels is a by-product of electric power production.