First Solar FSLR today announced it has signed power purchase
agreements with Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) for 72 megawatts [ AC]
of solar electricity to be generated at two photovoltaic power plants that
First Solar is developing in central California.
The 32-megawatt Lost Hills project in Kern County and the 40-megawatt Cuyama
project in Santa Barbara County are expected to create up to 600 jobs at peak
construction. Project construction could start in 2013 as soon as the
development process is complete, depending on plans of the projects' eventual
owners.
Together, Lost Hills and Cuyama will produce enough clean, renewable energy to
power some 24,000 California homes, offsetting approximately 45,000 metric
tons of CO[2] annually—the equivalent of taking about 8,900 cars off the road
each year.
“We are very pleased to add these projects to PG&E's solar portfolio, helping
it and California reach their renewable energy goals,” said Brian Kunz, First
Solar Vice President of Project Development. “Grid-friendly utility-scale
power plants from First Solar are readily integrated into the electrical
infrastructure.”
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