Case Study: Santa Rosa Junior College achieves 35% onsite renewable power and enhanced resilience with Stem's Solar + Storage

Santa Rosa Junior College Goes Solar + Storage to Achieve Sustainability Goals

Santa Rosa Junior College (SRJC), part of the California Community Colleges System, needed a way to meet aggressive sustainability targets—carbon neutrality by 2030 and zero net energy—while cutting operating costs and minimizing disruptions from wildfire-driven power shutdowns. To address these challenges, SRJC partnered with Stem to deploy a solar-plus-storage solution and energy management software.

Stem installed a 2.6 MW solar carport with a 1.3 MW energy storage system and uses its Athena software to optimize automatic deployment based on rates and consumption. Stem’s solution supplies up to 35% of the campus’s electricity from onsite renewables, enables participation in demand response programs, reduces grid demand and costs, and allows essential buildings to operate independently during grid outages.

Santa Rosa Junior College

Frank Chong

Superintendent and President