Sombra Solar Park is a 25.4MW solar PV power project. It is located in Ontario, Canada. The project is currently active. It has been developed in single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in February 2012.
| Project Type | Total Capacity (MW) | Active Capacity (MW) | Pipeline Capacity (MW) | Project Status | Project Location | Project Developer | Solar PV | 25.4 | 25.4 | – | Active | Ontario, Canada | First Solar |
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Description
The project was developed by First Solar. Cordelio Power and Axium Infrastructure are currently owning the project having ownership stake of 51% and 49% respectively.
Sombra Solar Park is a ground-mounted solar project which is spread over an area of 347 acres.
The project supplies enough clean energy to power 3,200 households. The project cost is $97.444m.
Development Status
The project got commissioned in February 2012.
Power Purchase Agreement
The power generated from the project is sold to Ontario Power Authority under a power purchase agreement, starting from 2012.
Contractors Involved
First Solar 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 provided 344,000 modules each with 75W of nameplate capacity.
About First Solar
First Solar Inc (First Solar) is a provider of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems. It designs, manufactures and sells PV solar modules. The company produces solar systems using cadmium telluride technology. First Solar also offers solar PV power systems, and operations and maintenance services to system owners; and energy storage solutions and algorithms to design and simulate the optimal dispatch of a system. The company serves utilities, commercial and industrial companies, independent power producers, and other system owners in Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and North America. It has solar module manufacturing facilities in the US, Malaysia, Germany and Vietnam. First Solar is headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, the US.
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