Solar powers Napa Valley

20 percent solar powered by 2010

"More than 7 percent of wineries in Napa County are now solar-powered -- a rate of adoption 42 times greater than that of California businesses in general, and nearly double that of wineries statewide, according to Rob Erlichman, CEO of San Francisco-based solar power integrator Sunlight Electric (www.sunlightelectric.com).Erlichman predicts that by the end of 2010, one in five wineries in Napa County -- nearly triple the current number -- will be solar-powered. "What's especially significant is that most businesses in the U.S. can learn from what's going on here," he says."