'Fog City' Catches a Few Rays

7 Jan 2003

SAN FRANCISCO -- A city known worldwide for its dense fog is tapping a vastly underused resource: the sun.


Construction will soon begin on San Francisco's first major solar-power project -- a $7.4 million retrofit of the Moscone Convention Center that will include the rooftop installation of 5,000 solar panels.


http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,57046,00.html


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