Lost Hills Blackwell Solar PV Park is a 32MW solar PV power project. It is located in California, the US. The project is currently active. It has been developed in single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in 2015.
Project Type | Total Capacity (MW) | Active Capacity (MW) | Pipeline Capacity (MW) | Project Status | Project Location | Project Developer | Solar PV | 32 | 32 | – | Active | California, the US | First Solar |
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Description
The project was developed by First Solar. The project is currently owned by 8point3 Energy Partners with a stake of 49% and Southern Power.
Lost Hills Blackwell Solar PV Park is a ground-mounted solar project which is spread over an area of 308 acres.
The project supplies enough clean energy to power 11,000 households. The project cost is $71.13m.
Development Status
The project got commissioned in 2015.
Power Purchase Agreement
Pacific Gas and Electric, Roseville Electric and Roseville Solar Electric are the power offtakers from the project.
Contractors Involved
First Solar was selected to render EPC services for the solar PV power project.
First Solar was selected as the supplier of the PV modules for the project. The company installed 454,000 modules at the site.
First Solar and Swinerton Renewable Energy were contracted to render operations & maintenance services for the project.
About First Solar
First Solar Inc (First Solar) is a provider of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems. It designs, manufactures and sells PV solar modules. The company produces solar systems using cadmium telluride technology. First Solar also offers solar PV power systems, and operations and maintenance services to system owners; and energy storage solutions and algorithms to design and simulate the optimal dispatch of a system. The company serves utilities, commercial and industrial companies, independent power producers, and other system owners in Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and North America. It has solar module manufacturing facilities in the US, Malaysia, Germany and Vietnam. First Solar is headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, the US.
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