McEvoy Project Approved!

It was thumbs up for wind in Marin on Tuesday, when county supervisors unanimously approved a proposal to build a windmill to power an olive ranch owned by a former newspaperwoman.

The decision came after 3 1/2 years of stormy debate, but Nan Tucker McEvoy, the former chair of the board of the San Francisco Chronicle Publishing Co., will now be able to build a 189-foot tall windmill.

The plan is to build the 660-kilowatt wind turbine on the McEvoy Ranch, a 552-acre spread on rural Red Hill Road, a few miles southwest of Petaluma. The electricity the turbine generates will be used to power the ranch's olive oil processing plant.

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Current Projects:

McEvoy Olive Ranch Wind Turbine Project, Petaluma, CA

Sustainergy Systems has been working with the McEvoy Olive Ranch since 2005 to install a 225 KW wind turbine that will provide all of the ranch and olive oil production facility's electrical needs.

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McEvoy Olive Ranch Solar Thermal Project, Petaluma, CA

Sustainergy Systems is working with the McEvoy Olive Ranch to convert all process and domestic hot water needs on the ranch, olive oil production facility, and future winery from propane to solar hot water.

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Tomales Village CSD CREBs/PV Project, Tomales, CA

Sustainergy Systems is managing and overseeing the installation of a 10 KW and a 22 KW photovoltaic system financed by Clean Renewable Energy Bonds (CREBs) for the village of Tomales.

City of Petaluma Climate Action Plan, Petaluma, CA

Sustainergy Systems is working with the City of Petaluma and the Climate Protection Campaign, under the ABAG Energy Watch Program, to develop the plan to help reduce municipal greenhouse gas emissions by 20% below 1990 levels by 2015.