Global InformationNewberry Springs CPV Power Plant information
| Newberry Springs CPV Power Plant | |
|---|---|
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| Country | United States |
| Location | Newberry Springs, California |
| Coordinates | 34°51′13″N 116°40′59″W / 34.85361°N 116.68306°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | 2012 |
| Commission date | 2013 |
| Owner(s) | Saint-Augustin Canada Electric |
| Solar farm | |
| Type | CPV |
| Site area | 14 acres (6 ha) |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 60 Soitec CX-S530 |
| Nameplate capacity | 1.68 MWp, 1.50 MWAC |
| Capacity factor | 22.3% (average 2014-2020) |
| Annual net output | 2.93 GW·h, 209 MW·h/acre |
The Newberry Springs CPV Power Plant is a 1.68 MWp (1.5 MWAC) concentrator photovoltaics (CPV) power station in Newberry Springs, California. [1] [2] It was built by Blattner Energy using 60 dual-axis CX-S530 systems, each of which contains 12 CX-M500 modules. [3] Each module contains 2,400 Fresnel lenses to concentrate sunlight 500 times onto multi-junction solar cells, allowing a greater efficiency than other photovoltaic power plants. [4] The output is being sold to Southern California Edison under a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement. [5]
- ^ "Soitec Solar Development Completes 1.5-MW CPV Project in California". 10 July 2013.
- ^ "STACE acquires Newberry Springs solar CPV power plant". 9 May 2017.
- ^ "1.5-MW CPV Solar Array".
- ^ "Soitec Technical Data Sheet" (PDF).
- ^ "CPV Projects-Newberry Solar 1". Archived from the original on 2016-07-15. Retrieved 2019-01-07.