Little League Goes Solar with Boyle Park Scoreboard

The Mill Valley Little League’s annual parade may have been rained out twice last month, but now that the sunshine has returned, league officials are ready to reap the benefits.

The league teamed with San Rafael-based Sun First Solar Energy Solutions during the offseason to install a solar panel on the roof of the little league field’s restrooms at . The panel is enough to power to the park’s two scoreboard and creates the infrastructure for the park and its snack shacks to go 100 percent solar.

Sun First, whose chief operating officer Aran Moore is a little league parent, donated the panels and materials at a cost of $1,139. Mill Valley Little League reimbursed the company for labor costs of $1,729.

“We’re pleased that beautiful Boyle Park will be a showcase for the benefits of solar power and happy to have Mill Valley Little League as part of our team,” Moore said in a statement.

League officials plan to eventually offset 100 percent of the electricity for the league’s facilities.

The solar system furthers the league’s “Green Initiative” goals of reducing energy and waste. Players are also encouraged to bring reusable water bottles and carpool and bike to practices and games.

“We applaud Sun First Solar for going to bat for the environment and helping us create a solar-powered playing field that will set the standard for other leagues in the Bay Area,” Mill Valley Little League board member Fred Quezada said in a statement.

The solar installation comes 58 years after the first Mill Valley Little League season was played at Boyle Park.