| Desert Sunlight Solar Farm | |
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.jpg) Solar arrays at Desert Sunlight | |
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| Country | United States |
| Location | Riverside County, California |
| Coordinates | 33°49′17″N 115°23′38″W / 33.82139°N 115.39389°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | 2011 |
| Commission date | 2015 |
| Owners | NextEra Energy Resources, GE Energy Financial Services, Sumitomo Group |
| Solar farm | |
| Type | Flat-panel PV fixed tilt |
| Site area | 3,900 acres (1,600 ha) |
| Power generation | |
| Nameplate capacity | 550 MWAC |
| Capacity factor | 27.5% (average 2015-2018) |
| Annual net output | 1,325 GW·h, 340 MW·h/acre |
| External links | |
| Website | firstsolar.com |
The Desert Sunlight Solar Farm is a 550-megawatt (MWAC) photovoltaic power station approximately six miles north of Desert Center, California, United States, in the Mojave Desert. It uses approximately 8.8 million cadmium telluride modules made by the US thin-film manufacturer First Solar. It has the same 550 MW installed capacity as the Topaz Solar Farm in the Carrizo Plain region of Central California, making both of them tied for the second largest completed solar plants by installed capacity as of fall 2015.[1][2]
- ^ Goldenstein, Taylor ( 9 February 2015) "Huge solar farm opens in California: Enough energy for 160,000 homes" Los Angeles Times.
- ^ FirstSolar.com Desert Sunlight Solar Farm