Last week, the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) detailed a plan it introduced last fall to install solar energy systems atop its medical centers. The VA’s initial announcement in November included solar installations at facilities in Texas, California, Nevada and Arizona that would amount to 1.7 megawatts (MW) of solar energy.

Adding to these initial solar installations, the VA last week unveiled a $20.2 million broader plan for solar panel installations at 18 medical centers in eight states and American Samoa, that together would total 3,020 kilowatts (kW) of solar energy. Depending on the structure of each facility, the solar energy systems will be ground mounted, sitting on rooftops or atop carports.

While we don’t yet know which solar installation company will be doing each system, we do know that REC solar, based in San Luis Obispo, is still included in the plan.