Mount Signal 3 Solar PV Park is a 328MW solar PV power project. It is located in California, the US. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in a single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in December 2018. Buy the profile here.

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Description

The project was developed by Avantus and Silver Ridge Power. The project is currently owned by Capital Dynamics with a stake of 100%.

Mount Signal 3 Solar PV Park is a ground-mounted solar project which is spread over an area of 2,000 acres.

The project generates 770,000MWh electricity and supplies enough clean energy to power 114,000 households, offsetting 530,000t of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) a year.

Development status

The project got commissioned in December 2018.

Power purchase agreement

The power generated from the project is sold to Southern California Edison under a power purchase agreement for a period of 20 years. The contracted capacity is 252MW.

Contractors involved

M. A. Mortenson was selected to render engineering procurement construction services for the solar PV power project.

First Solar was selected as the supplier of the PV modules for the project. The company installed 2,800,000 modules at the site.

TMEIC supplied 96 of its Solar Ware Samurai 2700 inverters to the project site.

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

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About Avantus

Avantus LLC (Avantus) formerly known as 8minute Solar Energy LLC, is a solar energy company. The company develops, constructs, finances, holds, acquires, operates and maintains solar energy projects. The company's service offerings include project development, structured financing, solar project acquisitions, complex project management, utility engineering, and electrical utility markets and regulation. The company projects include Mount Signal 3, Mount Signal 1, Springbok 2, Springbok 1, Hayworth, Redwood 4, Calipatria 1, Redcrest, and Woodmere. The company operates through its offices in the US, India and Singapore. Avantus is headquartered in El Dorado Hills, California, the US.

About Silver Ridge Power

Silver Ridge Power, LLC, formerly AES Solar Energy Ltd (AES), is a solar energy company, based in the US. It develops, finances, constructs, owns, and operates utility-scale solar photovoltaic power plants. The company was formed as a joint venture between AES Corporation and Riverstone Holdings LLC. AES operates power plants that are connected to the power grids and supplies renewable energy for domestic use and also for big manufacturing and commercial usage. The company has projects in Italy, Bulgaria, France, Greece, and Spain. Its joint venture company provides capital investments in the midstream, exploration and production, oilfield services, power and renewable sectors of the energy industry. The company provides energy supply through its units in the UK, Spain, Italy, India, France, Greece, and Bulgaria. AES is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, the US.

This content was updated on 4 January 2024

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This information is drawn from GlobalData’s Power Intelligence Center, which provides detailed profiles of over 170,000 active, planned and under construction power plants worldwide from announcement through to operation across all technologies and countries worldwide.