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Springbok Solar Farm

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Country
  
United States

Type
  
Flat-panel PV

Construction began
  
2015

Status
  
Operational

Nameplate capacity
  
443 MWdc

Springbok Solar Farm

Location
  
Kern County, California

Site area
  
12 square miles (31 km)

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

The Springbok Solar Farm is a solar farm in the northwestern Mojave Desert, near California City in eastern Kern County, California.

The three new Springbok solar facilities combined will generate enough clean, renewable energy to serve more than 152,000 households. The amount of greenhouse gas emissions avoided is comparable to removing nearly 150,000 cars from the road.

The projects were developed by 8minutenergy, the largest independent solar power developer in the United States.

Solar power station projects

The Springbok Solar Farm consists of 3 solar power station projects:

  • Springbok 1 Solar Project — a 137MWdc MW solar power station using photovoltaics. Construction on the 700 acres (280 ha) site began in 2015 and was completed in July 2016.
  • Springbok 2 Solar Project — a 191MWdc solar power station also using photovoltaics which was completed in September 2016.
  • Springbok 3 Solar Project - a proposed 115MWdc solar power station using photovoltaics to be completed by the end of 2019.

    • References

    Springbok Solar Farm Wikipedia
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