Chevron’s oil field powered by solar energy

Solar power will soon be used to juice up oil-fields. Now powering an oil-field with solar panels is indeed a difficult task, much unlike simply powering up your home with a few solar panels. Global oil big-shot, Chevron are planning to install solar panels that will power up its oil fields in Kern River, California. This is the fifth largest oil field in the US. To power it up, Chevron will need around 7,700 solar panels. The system will generate around 740 kilowatts that will juice up oil-pumps and pipelines.

This project is a part of Chevron’s $2 billion investment for alternative energy use. These efforts by Chevron to go green and use cleaner renewable and eco-friendly means to power up will change the way oil is pumped out of fields, and hopefully other oil-companies will follow suit too!
[Cleantechnica]