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First Solar and PG&E Announce 300 MW Power Purchase Agreement
March 9, 2010Source: Clean Edge News
First
Solar, Inc. recently announced a power purchase agreement to
supply Pacific Gas and Electric Company with renewable electricity
from a 300 megawatt (AC) utility-scale photovoltaic solar power
facility that First Solar is developing in Southern California.
The Desert Sunlight project, to be located near Desert Center in
eastern Riverside County, Calif., will have a total capacity of 550
megawatts, enough to power approximately 160,000 area homes - or about
480,000 residents. The other 250 MW portion of the project is already
under contract to Southern California Edison. First Solar's power
purchase agreements with PG&E and SCE are subject to the approval of
the California Public Utilities Commission.
First Solar will build the Desert Sunlight project using its thin-film
photovoltaic solar modules and providing its project development,
engineering, procurement and construction capabilities. With
construction expected to start by the end of 2010 and completion as
early as 2013, the project will displace 300,000 metric tons of CO2
per year, the equivalent of taking 60,000 cars off the road. The
company expects that the project will create approximately 430
construction jobs. The project's permit application has been fast
tracked by the Bureau of Land Management.
First Solar has 1,700 megawatts of utility-scale power projects with
power purchase agreements in North America.