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Distributed solar is growing!
Renewable Energy
Wind, Solar, and Landfill Gas
San Antonio is looking to lead the nation in the generation and delivery of clean, reliable, and affordable energy. CPS Energy, our energy provider, is the nation’s largest municipally owned energy utility and is committed to growing its supply of emission-free electricity from wind, solar, and landfill gas energy sources.
Renewable Energy
San Antonio Solar PV Systems
The energy supply from CPS Energy includes 609 MW of solar capacity from around the region, enough energy to power over 120,000 homes. The majority of this energy is "utility scale" (meaning the energy goes directly onto our electricity grid and does not first supply energy to a building). The rest of our solar energy comes from smaller systems found on homes and buildings.
SolarHostSA
The City of San Antonio participates in CPS Energy’s SolarHostSA Program, which installs, operates, and maintains solar installations on City facilities. Currently, we have solar panels on five facilities and look to double that number within the year!
Renewable Energy
Municipal Solar
The City of San Antonio is working with Big Sun Solar - a small, locally owned business here in San Antonio - to install solar panels on various buildings around the City! There are 42 municipal solar projects and six have been completed so far. The remaining 36 sites will be completed in the next two years. For each building, 70% of the energy costs will be offset due to the installed solar panels!
For more information on the solar projects and to view an interactive map of the locations and see their current construction status, visit the Big Sun Solar San Antonio Project page.
If you are interested in any of the high quality photos and videos that were taken of these completed projects, please email Zabrina.rapozo@sanantonio.gov
