Green Options » power purchase agreement http://greenoptions.com/tag/power-purchase-agreement Posts tagged 'power purchase agreement' Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:56:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en California Utility Signs Agreement for 10 Megawatts from Thin-Film Solar Facility http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/12/23/california-utility-signs-agreement-for-10-megawatts-from-thin-film-solar-facility/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/12/23/california-utility-signs-agreement-for-10-megawatts-from-thin-film-solar-facility/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:56:17 +0000 Tom Schueneman http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/12/23/california-utility-signs-agreement-for-10-megawatts-from-thin-film-solar-facility/ Sempra's El Dorado Unit in the Nevada desert is First Solar's first utility-grade thin-film solar plant

California utility Pacific Gas and Electric announced yesterday it is signing a 20-year agreement to purchase the first 10 megawatts of electricity from Sempra Energy’s El Dorado Solar project near Boulder City Nevada.

The plant was built by Tempe, Arizona-based Firsr Solar using thin film solar panels made of low-cost cadmium tellurium as the material converting sunlight to electrical energy, requiring only 1% of the silicon used in crystalline solar cells. The El Dorado unit is North America’s largest thin-film solar plant, and has plans to expand by another 50 megawatts next year, all part of Sempra’s plan to eventually produce 500MW of thin-film solar power, CEO Michael Altman told Reuters, adding “The size and scope of this new solar generation facility clearly demonstrates that we can build projects on a scale that helps utilities meet their renewable energy goals”.

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