SunPower just announced that they will be partnering with Colorado Springs Utilities to build a 6MW solar power plant at the U.S. Air Force Academy. It should be up and running by 2011, and will remove approximately 9,400 tons of CO2 from the atmosphere each year.

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In a press release, Jim Pape, president of SunPower’s residential and commercial business group, commented on the news:

“The 30-acre, 6-megawatt system at this site, where Air Force cadets and officers alike engage in thousands of training flights each year, will be a testament to the fact that solar power provides a secure, independent power source in the U.S. Reliability and quality are the hallmarks of SunPower systems.  We look forward to working with the Springs Utilities and the Air Force Academy on this very exciting project.”