Ray Katsane a National Park Service employee power washes the solar panels at Alcatraz Island. The longtime home to Al Capone
Ray Katsane a National Park Service employee power washes the solar panels at Alcatraz Island. The longtime home to Al Capone and “Machine Gun” Kelly in San Francisco Bay now houses 1,300 photovoltaic panels and a huge backup battery supply that have slashed the tourist site’s dependence on expensive and dirty diesel fuel. The solar installation is helping to clean the air, reduce corrosion, and save taxpayers money to boot. Completed with $ million in funding from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, and with design assistance from the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the solar plant atop the main Cellhouse building generates 307 kilowatts of power at peak output. Alcatraz Island is located in the San Francisco Bay, miles ( km) offshore from San Francisco, California, United States.[2] Often referred to as "The Rock," the small island was developed with facilities for a lighthouse, a military fortification, a military prison (1868), and a federal prison from 1933 until 1963.[3] Beginning in November 1969, the island was occupied for more than 19 months by a group of Aboriginal Peoples from San Francisco who were part of a wave of Native activism across the nation with public protests through the 1970s. In 1972 Alcatraz became a national recreation area and received designation as a National Historic Landmark in 1986.
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