Kaiser Permanente, which is the largest non-profit health maintenance organization (HMO) in the United States has taken it upon themselves to do something good for the environment. The health care giant has announced plans to install 15 MW of solar PV arrays on their buildings throughout California, saying “what’s good for the environment is good for our health.”

Hospitals, offices and other buildings will be set up with the solar arrays by summer 2011. The company in charge of this undertaking is solar company Recurrent Energy. Recurrent Energy will own and operate the systems with Kaiser agreeing to purchase the power over twenty years. The solar energy generated by the installations will equal 10% of Kaiser’s energy usage at those facilities, getting them closer to their goal of having 25% of their energy come from renewable sources by 2020.