EBMUD unveils massive solar farm capable of pumping 10M kilowatt-hours of clean power

by Tony Hicks, Bay City News June 3, 2024May 31, 2024

Twelve acres of solar panels make up the Orinda Photovoltaic Solar Energy Project (Orinda PV) south of Briones Reservoir and across Bear Creek Road from the PG&E Sobrante substation. The 4.6-megawatt installation, unveiled May 30, 2024, is one of the largest photovoltaic projects in the East Bay, capable of generating 10 million kilowatt-hours of clean, renewable energy annually. (Ray Saint Germain/Bay City News)

There are 12 acres of new, sun-hungry hardware just off Bear Creek Road in Orinda — not uncoincidentally, across the road from a PG&E substation below Briones Reservoir.

Only this new facility — acres of new shiny solar panels absorbing sunlight — is an East Bay Municipal Utility District project.

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