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Infineon Raceway Celebrates Earth Day with Solar Panels

As many of you know, today is intended to raise awareness and appreciation for the Earth’s natural environment. To properly mark Earth Day, Infineon Raceway decided go for a major solar-panel installation that will make the Sonoma Valley facility one of the most sustainable motor-racing facilities in the country.

The raceway has completed an installation of nearly 1,700 solar panels as well as a new dual-sided, solar-powered LED display board along Highway 37. The installation will offset approximately 41-percent of the raceway’s total energy use.

“It has been very exciting to see all of this work unfold and now to look out on this beautiful array of solar panels and think about the power they are generating every minute the sun is out,” said Steve Page, president and general manager of Infineon Raceway.

A total of 1,652 of Panasonic’s Sanyo solar panels were installed, which will be visible to race fans and visitors throughout race weekends and track days.

Through the Accelerating Sustainable Performance program, the raceway also looks to feature zero or low-carbon racing at major events and will host a summit of sustainability industry leaders at the Accelerating Sustainable Performance Summit the week of the Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma, August 24-26.  Amyris, an integrated renewable products company focused on providing sustainable alternatives to a broad range of petroleum-sourced products, has signed on as lead sponsor of the summit.

In addition to Panasonic and Amyris, other current partners participating in the Accelerating Sustainable Performance program include Safety-Kleen and PG&E, which conducted a comprehensive energy audit of the raceway earlier this year.
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