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Coordinates: 35°59′00″N 120°06′00″W / 35.9833°N 120.1°W / 35.9833; -120.1
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Avenal Solar Facility
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CountryUnited States
LocationKings County
Coordinates35°59′00″N 120°06′00″W / 35.9833°N 120.1°W / 35.9833; -120.1
StatusOperational
Construction beganSeptember 2010[1]
Commission dateAugust 5, 2011
OwnersNRG Solar and Eurus Energy America
Solar farm
TypeFlat-panel PV
Power generation
Units operational450,900
Sharp Electronics (128W thin film)[2]
Nameplate capacity57.7 MW or 45 MWAC
Annual net output58 GWh[3]
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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 (MWh) of Sun City [6]
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
2011 7,497 5,174 4,136 1,469 1,393 19,669
2012 128 1,275 3,125 4,521 6,215 6,717 5,809 4,577 4,286 3,368 1,723 1,259 82,341
2013 801 1,641 2,794 2,946 3,316 4,225 3,986 5,365 5,215 4,617 4,596 4,796 44,298
2014 1,561 1,781 3,135 3,710 4,262 4,727 4,374 4,733 4,618 4,170 3,465 2,363 42,899
Total 149,869
Generation (MWh) of Sand Drag [7]
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
2011 6,829 4,713 3,768 1,338 1,269 17,917
2012 120 1,196 2,933 4,243 5,832 6,304 5,451 4,296 4,022 3,161 1,617 1,181 40,357
2013 765 1,567 2,669 2,814 3,167 4,037 3,808 5,125 4,982 4,411 4,391 4,582 42,320
2014 1,482 1,691 2,976 3,522 4,046 4,488 4,153 4,494 4,384 3,959 3,290 2,244 40,729
Total 141,323
Generation (MWh) of Avenal Park [8]
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
2011 2,144 1,480 1,183 420 398 5,625
2012 38 377 925 1,338 1,839 1,988 1,719 1,355 1,268 997 510 372 12,726
2013 241 495 842 888 999 1,274 1,202 1,617 1,572 1,392 1,385 1,446 13,353
2014 465 531 935 1,106 1,271 1,409 1,304 1,411 1,377 1,243 1,033 705 12,789
Total 44,493

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
  4. ^ Avenal Solar Facility Starts Generating Power
  5. ^ Solar projects
  6. ^ "Sun City, monthly". Electricity Data Browser. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
  7. ^ "Sand Drag, monthly". Electricity Data Browser. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
  8. ^ "Avenal Park, monthly". Electricity Data Browser. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
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