Springbok Solar Farm
| Springbok Solar Farm | |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Location | Kern County, California |
| Coordinates | 35°15′N 117°58′W / 35.25°N 117.96°WCoordinates: 35°15′N 117°58′W / 35.25°N 117.96°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | 2015 |
| Owner(s) | 8minutenergy |
| Solar field | |
| Type | Flat-panel PV |
| Site area | 12 square miles (31 km2) |
| Power generation | |
| Nameplate capacity | 443 MWdc (350 MWac) [1] |
The Springbok Solar Farm is a solar farm in the northwestern Mojave Desert, near California City in eastern Kern County, California.[2]
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 power from all three projects is contracted to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.[1]
The projects were developed by 8minutenergy, the largest independent solar power developer in the United States.[3]
Solar power station projects
The Springbok Solar Farm consists of 3 solar power station projects:
- Springbok 1 Solar Project — a 137 MWdc solar power station using photovoltaics.[2] Construction on the 700 acres (280 ha) site began in 2015 and was completed in July 2016.[4][5]
- Springbok 2 Solar Project — a 191 MWdc solar power station also using photovoltaics which was completed in September 2016.[6][7][8]
- Springbok 3 Solar Project — a proposed 115 MWdc solar power station using photovoltaics to be completed by the end of 2019.[1][9]
See also
- Beacon Solar Project
- Solar power plants in the Mojave Desert
- Solar power in California
- Solar power in the Mojave Desert — topics
References
- 1 2 3 "8minutenergy Receives Power Purchase Agreement to Develop 90 MW-ac Springbok 3 Solar Farm" (Press release). 8minutenergy. February 1, 2017.
- 1 2 8minutenergy.com: Springbok 1 Solar Project website
- ↑ 8minutenergy.com: 8minutenergy Projects
- ↑ 8minutenergy.com: "Springbok 1 Solar Project breaks ground"
- ↑ Table 6.3. New Utility Scale Generating Units by Operating Company, Plant, and Month, 2016, Electric Power Monthly, U.S. Energy Information Administration, October 25, 2016
- ↑ 8minutenergy.com: Springbok 2 Solar Project website
- ↑ 8minutenergy.com: "Power purchase agreement to develop Springbok 2 Solar Project"
- ↑ Over 3.4 GW of large solar parks go live across US, SeeNews Renewables, Tsvetomira Tsanova, November 3, 2016
- ↑ Table 6.5. Planned U.S. Electric Generating Unit Additions, October 2016, Electric Power Monthly, U.S. Energy Information Administration, October 25, 2016
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