Comanche Solar PV Park is a 156MW solar PV power project. It is located in Colorado, the US. The project is currently active. It has been developed in single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in September 2016.

Project Type Total Capacity (MW) Active Capacity (MW) Pipeline Capacity (MW) Project Status Project Location Project Developer
Solar PV 156 156 Active Colorado, the US Community Energy; SunEdison

Description

The project was developed by Community Energy and SunEdison. The project is currently owned by Novatus Energy with a stake of 100%.

Comanche Solar PV Park is a ground-mounted solar project which is spread over an area of 900 acres.

The project generates 300,000MWh electricity and supplies enough clean energy to power 31,000 households, offsetting 3,500,000t of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) a year. The project cost is $321.526m.

Development Status

The project got commissioned in September 2016.

Power Purchase Agreement

SunEdison and Xcel Energy are the power offtakers from the project.

Contractors Involved

Renewable Energy Systems Americas was selected to render EPC services for the solar PV power project.

Trina Solar was selected as the supplier of the PV modules for the project. The company installed 502,056 modules at the site.

The project is utilising horizontal single axis trackers supplied by NEXTracker.

Swinerton Renewable Energy is the O&M contractor for the solar PV power project.

About Community Energy

Community Energy Inc (Community Energy) is an alternative energy company which develops solar and wind energy projects. The company provides renewable energy solutions for the domestic supply of clean and fuel free energy. It offers wind energy and fuel free energy services. Community Energy also provides green energy solutions to businesses and government, residential and small-business customers and marketing of wind energy. The company also operates wind projects in the Northeast such as Jersey-Atlantic Wind Farm, Atlantic City and Bear Creek Wind Farm, Pennsylvania. It operates solar projects in Colorado, Minnesota and Virginia, the US. Community Energy is headquartered in Radnor, Pennsylvania, the US.

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