Prospero Solar PV Park is a 379MW solar PV power project. It is located in Texas, the US. The project is currently active. It has been developed in single phase. The project construction commenced in 2019 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in 2020.
Project Type | Total Capacity (MW) | Active Capacity (MW) | Pipeline Capacity (MW) | Project Status | Project Location | Project Developer | Solar PV | 379 | 379 | – | Active | Texas, the US | 7x Energy; Longroad Energy Holdings |
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Description
The project was developed by 7x Energy and Longroad Energy Holdings. The project is currently owned by Longroad Energy Holdings with a stake of 50%, PenSam and Pensionskassernes Administration.
Prospero Solar PV Park is a ground-mounted solar project which is spread over an area of 4,640 acres.
The project generates 867,240MWh electricity and supplies enough clean energy to power 46,000 households. The project cost is $416m.
Development Status
The project construction commenced in 2019 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in 2020.
Power Purchase Agreement
The power generated from the project is sold to Shell Energy North America (US) under a power purchase agreement for a period of 12 years.
Contractors Involved
Swinerton Renewable Energy 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 3,161,280 modules at the site.
The inverters were procured from TMEIC for the project.
The project is utilising trackers supplied by NEXTracker.
Methodology
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