Maryland Solar PV Park is a 30.01MW solar PV power project. It is located in Maryland, the US. The project is currently active. It has been developed in single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in November 2012.
Project Type | Total Capacity (MW) | Active Capacity (MW) | Pipeline Capacity (MW) | Project Status | Project Location | Project Developer | Solar PV | 30.01 | 30.01 | – | Active | Maryland, the US | First Solar |
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Description
The project is developed and owned by First Solar. The company has a stake of 100%.
Maryland Solar PV Park is a ground-mounted solar project which is spread over an area of 160 acres.
The project supplies enough clean energy to power 2,700 households, offsetting 37,000t of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) a year. The project cost is $75m.
Development Status
The project got commissioned in November 2012.
Power Purchase Agreement
The power generated from the project is sold to Energy Harbor under a power purchase agreement for a period of 20 years, starting from 2012.
Contractors Involved
BELECTRIC 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 331,200 modules at the site.
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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