Searchlight Solar Park is a 24MW solar PV power project. It is located in Nevada, the US. The project is currently active. It has been developed in single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in December 2014.
| Project Type | Total Capacity (MW) | Active Capacity (MW) | Pipeline Capacity (MW) | Project Status | Project Location | Project Developer | Solar PV | 24 | 24 | – | Active | Nevada, the US | American Capital Energy |
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Description
The project was developed by American Capital Energy. Bright Plain Renewable Energy and D E Shaw and are currently owning the project.
Searchlight Solar Park is a ground-mounted solar project which is spread over an area of 250 acres.
The project generates 45,000MWh electricity and supplies enough clean energy to power 5,600 households. The project cost is $50m.
Development Status
The project got commissioned in December 2014.
Power Purchase Agreement
The power generated from the project is sold to NV Energy under a power purchase agreement for a period of 20 years.
Contractors Involved
Signal Energy Constructors was selected to render EPC services for the solar PV power project.
JinkoSolar Holding was selected as the supplier of the PV modules for the project. The company installed 70,525 modules at the site.
Signal Energy Constructors and Swinerton Renewable Energy were contracted to render operations & maintenance services for the project.
About American Capital Energy
American Capital Energy Inc (ACE) is a renewable energy company that offers solar engineering, procurement and development services. The company’s services include project origination, monitoring, construction, financing, distributed power solutions, EPC, optimization, operation and maintenance and asset management, among others. It offers services for grid-connected, ground-mounted, utility-scale projects, commercial rooftop solar PV systems, solar thermal energy systems, fuel cells, and energy storage. ACE provides distributed power solutions in the areas of solar photovoltaics, solar thermal, energy storage, and hybrid systems. The company caters to various markets such as commercial and industrial, landfills and brownfields, REIT’s and property, municipal utilities and public power, municipalities and management companies. ACE is headquartered in Lawrence, Massachusetts, the US.
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