Dive Summary:
- NRG Energy has unveiled the Avra Valley Solar Generating Station near Tucson, Arizona; the station is the sixth-largest utility-scale solar facility in NRG's fleet.
- Tucson Electric Power will be buying all the electricity generated by the project as part of a 20-year purchase agreement and becomes the largest solar array in the utility's renewable energy portfolio.
- NRG also has other large solar plants nearing completion, including a 290-megawatt plant in Arizona and a 250-megawatt plant in California.
From the article:
“We’ve worked hard to embrace solar energy as a clean, cost-effective renewable resource for our customers. The NRG system shows how we can expand our renewable energy portfolio while also investing in our community and helping to create jobs,” says Paul J. Bonavia, chief executive of Tucson Electric Power and its parent company UNS Energy Corp.
NRG’s other large solar PV plants are Agua Caliente in Arizona, 290MW, to be completed in 2014; Avenal in California, 45MW; Blythe in California, 21MW; California Valley Solar Ranch, 250MW, to be completed in 2013, and Roadrunner in California, 20MW. ...
