{"id":235282,"date":"2026-03-25T04:36:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T04:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/235282\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T04:36:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T04:36:32","slug":"arvin-unveils-solar-panels-to-power-wastewater-plant-cut-360-metric-tons-of-co2-yearly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/235282\/","title":{"rendered":"Arvin unveils solar panels to power wastewater plant, cut 360 metric tons of CO2 yearly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Arvin leaders marked what the mayor called a \u201cproud and powerful moment\u201d for the city with the unveiling of new solar energy panels that will power the city\u2019s wastewater treatment plant.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Olivia Calderon said the solar plant will meet all of the facility\u2019s power needs and will eliminate 360 metric tons of CO2 annually \u2014 the equivalent of taking 80 cars off the road.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KBAK\/KBFX{p}{\/p}\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/70a74f91-2e28-456f-a6f7-7d3ed4734580-Sequence_ArvinSolarWasterTreatmentVST_0001_frame_5201.jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KBAK\/KBFX{p}{\/p}\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/6c3badbf-efc5-4cc2-9e9d-a97e5eb03257-Sequence_ArvinSolarWasterTreatmentVST_0001_frame_5395.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>For more on the project, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.veolianorthamerica.com\/media\/newsroom\/veolia-joins-city-arvin-california-develop-solar-installation-power-wastewater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">veolianorthamerica.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Arvin leaders marked what the mayor called a \u201cproud and powerful moment\u201d for the city&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":235283,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-235282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}