Avenal Solar Facility

Avenal Solar Facility
Country United States
Location Kings County
Coordinates 35°59′N 120°06′W / 35.983°N 120.100°W / 35.983; -120.100Coordinates: 35°59′N 120°06′W / 35.983°N 120.100°W / 35.983; -120.100
Status Operational
Construction began September 2010[1]
Commission date August 5, 2011
Owner(s) NRG Solar and Eurus Energy America
Solar field
Type Flat-panel PV
Site area 500 acres (200 ha)
Power generation
Units operational 450,900
Sharp Electronics (128W thin film)[2]
Nameplate capacity 57.7 MW or 45 MWAC
Annual net output 58 GWh[3]

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.[4]

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)[5]

Production

Generation (MW·h) of Avenal Park [6]
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecTotal
2011 2,1441,4801,183420398 5,625
2012 383779251,3381,8391,9881,7191,3551,268997510372 12,726
2013 2414958428889991,2741,2021,6171,5721,3921,3851,446 13,353
2014 4655319351,1061,2711,4091,3041,4111,3771,2431,033705 12,789
2015 6097681,1251,2621,2691,3071,3531,3701,130952882726 12,753
Total57,246
Generation (MW·h) of Sun City Project LLC [7]
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecTotal
2011 7,4975,1744,1361,4691,393 19,668
2012 1281,2753,1254,5216,2156,7175,8094,5774,2863,3681,7231,259 43,003
2013 8011,6412,7942,9463,3164,2253,9865,3655,2154,6174,5964,796 44,298
2014 1,5611,7813,1353,7104,2624,7274,3744,7334,6184,1703,4652,363 42,897
2015 2,0392,5703,7664,2264,2484,3774,5304,5853,7843,1882,9532,431 42,695
Total192,561
Generation (MW·h) of Sand Drag LLC [8]
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecTotal
2011 6,8294,7133,7681,3381,269 17,917
2012 1201,1962,9334,2435,8326,3045,4514,2964,0223,1611,6171,181 40,357
2013 7651,5672,6692,8143,1674,0373,8085,1254,9824,4114,3914,582 42,320
2014 1,4821,6912,9763,5224,0464,4884,1534,4944,3843,9593,2902,244 40,729
2015 1,9392,4433,5814,0194,0394,1624,3074,3603,5983,0312,8082,311 40,597
Total181,920

See also

References

  1. Sharp Signs Contract for 58 MW (DC) Photovoltaic Solar Power Project
  2. Avenal Park
  3. Sharp Electronics provides PV modules for Avenal Solar Generating Facility Archived April 8, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. Avenal Solar Facility Starts Generating Power
  5. Solar projects
  6. "Avenal Park, Monthly". Electricity Data Browser. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  7. "Sun City Project LLC, Monthly". Electricity Data Browser. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  8. "Sand Drag LLC, Monthly". Electricity Data Browser. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
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