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Avenal Solar Facility

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Country
  
United States

Status
  
Operational

Type
  
Flat-panel PV

Construction began
  
September 2010

Location
  
Commission date
  
August 5, 2011

Site area
  
202 ha

Units operational
  
450900

Avenal Solar Facility

Owner(s)
  
NRG Solar and Eurus Energy America

Similar
  
Alamosa Solar Generatin, Catalina Solar Project, DeSoto Next Generatio, California Flats Solar Project, Silver State South Solar Proj

The Avenal Solar Facility is a 57.7 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic power station in Kings County, California, constructed using 450,900 SHARP-128W thin-film modules. At its completion, it was California's largest photovoltaic facility.

The power generated is sold to Pacific Gas & Electric, using three separate 20-year power purchase agreements (PPA).

Units

  • Sun City (20MW)
  • Sand Drag (19MW)
  • Avenal Park (6MW)
  • References

    Avenal Solar Facility Wikipedia


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