| California Valley Solar Ranch | |
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.jpg) California Valley Solar Ranch solar panels | |
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| Country | United States |
| Location | Carrizo Plain, northeast of California Valley, CA |
| Coordinates | 35°19′48″N 119°54′36″W / 35.33000°N 119.91000°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | 2011 |
| Commission date | October 2013 |
| Construction cost | $1.6 billion (2015)[1] ($2.01 billion in 2023 dollars[2]) |
| Owner | NRG Solar |
| Operator | SunPower |
| Solar farm | |
| Type | Flat-panel PV |
| Site area | 1,966 acres (796 ha) |
| Power generation | |
| Nameplate capacity | 250 MWAC |
| Capacity factor | 30.8% (average 2014-2017) |
| Annual net output | 675 GW·h, 340 MW·h/acre |
| External links | |
| Website | www |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
The California Valley Solar Ranch (CVSR) is a 250 megawatt (MWAC) photovoltaic power plant in the Carrizo Plain, northeast of California Valley. The project is owned by NRG Energy, and SunPower is the EPC contractor and technology provider. The project constructed on 1,966 acres (796 ha) of a 4,365-acre (1,766 ha) site of former grazing land.[3] It is utilizing high-efficiency, crystalline PV panels designed and manufactured by SunPower. The project includes up to 88,000 SunPower solar tracking devices to hold PV panels that track the sun across the sky.
- ^ Baker, David (2015-11-14). "Nuclear power's last stand in California: Will Diablo Canyon die?". San Francisco Chronicle.
The California Valley Solar Ranch lies on a stretch of highway so remote that, ... Those panels, 750,000 in all, track east to west during the day, their movement almost imperceptible. Together, they can generate up to 250 megawatts of electricity, about 11 percent of Diablo's capacity. ... The $1.6 billion ranch represents one front in California's climate fight.
- ^ Johnston, Louis; Williamson, Samuel H. (2023). "What Was the U.S. GDP Then?". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved November 30, 2023. United States Gross Domestic Product deflator figures follow the MeasuringWorth series.
- ^ Sneed, David (2008-08-15). "Calif. utility agrees to buy solar power from two proposed plants". The San Luis Obispo Tribune. Archived from the original on 2008-08-15. Retrieved 2008-08-15.