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NRG Buys California Solar Project From First Solar
November 24, 2009Source: Clean Edge News
NRG Energy, Inc.,
through its wholly
owned subsidiary NRG Solar LLC, has acquired a utility-scale
photovoltaic (PV)
solar project in California. The 21 megawatt (MW) Blythe Solar Project
will be NRG's first solar
generation facility in operation when it comes online later this year.
The site was acquired from First
Solar, Inc., a developer of thin film solar technology focused on
manufacturing solar panels and developing solar projects for utilities
and generators to operate.
Located in Riverside County in southeastern California, approximately
200 miles east of Los
Angeles, the solar PV field will provide electricity to Southern
California Edison (SCE) under a
20-year power purchase agreement. At peak capacity, the site will be
able to meet the needs of almost
17,000 homes.
As part of the acquisition of the nearly completed Blythe Solar
project, NRG Solar has entered into
an engineering, procurement and construction agreement with First
Solar for completion and
performance testing of the project. Testing is expected to commence
later this month, and the
project to be completed by year end.
The site uses approximately 350,000 photovoltaic solar modules, each
measuring 2 feet by 4 feet,
manufactured with First Solar's advanced thin film semiconductor
technology to turn sunlight
directly into electricity. It covers approximately 200 acres of held
land which is fully permitted and
will be connected to SCE's electrical distribution grid. The project
uses no water during normal
operation.