Prairie Sunlight II Solar PV Park is a 30MW solar PV power project. It is located in Alberta, Canada. The project is currently active. It has been developed in single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in July 2020.
Project Type | Total Capacity (MW) | Active Capacity (MW) | Pipeline Capacity (MW) | Project Status | Project Location | Project Developer | Solar PV | 30 | 30 | – | Active | Alberta, Canada | Innogy; Solar Krafte Utilities |
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Description
The project was developed by Innogy and Solar Krafte Utilities. The project is currently owned by RWE.
Prairie Sunlight II Solar PV Park is a ground-mounted solar project which is spread over an area of 160 acres.
The project generates 50,000MWh electricity and supplies enough clean energy to power 6,000 households, offsetting 29,000t of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) a year. The project cost is $46.41m.
Development Status
The project got commissioned in July 2020.
Power Purchase Agreement
The power generated from the project is sold to Direct Energy Marketing under a power purchase agreement for a period of 10 years, starting from 2020.
Contractors Involved
BELECTRIC was selected to render EPC services for the solar PV power project.
Canadian Solar was selected as the supplier of the PV modules for the project. The company provided 79,196 modules each with 380W of nameplate capacity.
The project is utilising horizontal single axis trackers supplied by IdeemaTec Deutschland.
BELECTRIC is the O&M contractor for the solar PV power project.
About Innogy
Innogy SE (Innogy), a subsidiary of E.ON SE, is an energy company engaged in renewables, grid and infrastructure retail businesses. It is headquartered in Essen, Germany.
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