LOS ANGELES-Felina USA has joined the Clean LA Solar program, an urban solar rooftop project. As part of the program, PermaCity Solar is building a 1.1 MW SunPower solar power system on the 3-acres of rooftop space at its Chatsworth distribution center.

“Using SunPower technology, Felina can harvest every penny's worth of power from every square inch of roof space,” says Herb Mendelsohn, PermaCity Solar's VP of Sales. “At PermaCity, we always urge our customers to buy the best solar technology for their specific needs, as this is at minimum a 25-year decision. With SunPower technology, Felina is more efficiently helping Los Angeles reach its goal of renewably generating 33% of its electricity by 2020.”

The rooftop installation at Felina's distribution center will generate an estimated 2.5 million-kilowatt hours of renewable power each year, which can be sold to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Felina will be able to begin selling the generated energy in March 2014, and will pay off the cost of the installation in three years. Felina is installing PermaCity Solar's SunPower high-efficiency solar panels that work well with LADWP's Feed-in-Tariff program.