County to switch on new solar array system at Sandy Mush correctional facilities.
Source:, Monday, October 24, 2011
Merced County officials said they are about to switch on a 1.4 megawatt solar array to power correctional facilities in Merced County near El Nido.
The switch will be thrown at 10 a.m., Tuesday at the Correctional Facility at 2584 W. Sandy Mush Road.
Two triangular arrays deploying 6,272 solar panels were installed on 4.5 acres next to the John Latorraca Correctional Facility and the Iris Garrett Juvenile Justice Correctional Complex. One array produces 600 kilowatts of electricity and the other makes 800 kilowatts.