City Of Tucson Uses Downtown Parking Garage For Solar Energy!

Okay, I admit it - it isn't easy to come out & say that our city government has done something right...but they have:

On the top of the Pennington Street Garage in Downtown Tucson, they put photovoltaic solar panels on the roof to generate electricity.  It not only provides shade for the cars on the top level (gasp! - no more oven-like conditions if you're late to work?), but the power generated is equivalent to the power requirements of over 7,900 homes.

Kudos to the planning & transportation departments for getting this done - and extra kudos for the cool web page that shows what is being generated right now, the past week, past month, etc.  Check it out

Its cool to live in a hot place sometimes!

Hopefully this is the beginning of a trend and not just a symbolic instance.