JARVIS climbs on the solar bandwagon with new solar electric systems totaling 130,000 Peak Watts of solar power. The supplier is Marin Solar of San Rafael, California. The cost, which is just over $1 Million, will be reduced by almost one half due to Federal and State rebates. JARVIS will soon be producing as much energy as it uses, and will have a net zero utility bill. It takes about seven years to pay for itself but is warranted for 24 years! I totally recommend solar electricity; it saves you money and helps the planet!

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The Solar Panels flank the hills near the winery entrance.

This completes our latest shift to a “green” operation. Since the winery is completely underground and has a constant temperature of 62° year round, it requires no power for air conditioning which is normally the greatest usage factor in a business. The next greatest usage factor is for lighting. Here JARVIS employs fluorescent lamps of the new lower energy type. From now on all of our electrical energy will be sun powered.