Wharton Generating Station – Solar Park is a 10MW solar PV power project. It is located in Texas, 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 2011. Buy the profile here.

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Description

The project was developed by NRG Energy.

Wharton Generating Station - Solar Park is a ground-mounted solar project which is spread over an area of 70 acres.

The project supplies enough clean energy to power 5,000 households.

Development status

The project got commissioned in 2011.

Power purchase agreement

The power generated from the project is sold to City of Houston under a power purchase agreement for a period of 25 years, starting from 2011.

Contractors involved

First Solar was selected as the supplier of PV modules for the project.

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About NRG Energy

NRG Energy Inc (NRG) is an integrated energy company. It generates and supplies electricity. The company produces electricity using coal, natural gas, nuclear, oil, biomass, wind, and solar sources. NRG owns power generation plants and operates facilities for third parties. It carries out plant operations, commercial operations, EPC, asset management, energy services and other related critical functions. NRG sells energy, services and associated products and services to retail customers under the NRG, Reliant, Green Mountain Energy, Stream and XOOM Energy. The company provides energy and related services to residential, industrial and commercial consumers at fixed, indexed or variable prices. NRG is headquartered in Houston, Texas, 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.