Construction on the 150-MW photovoltaic solar installation in Arlington, Ariz., to be found express 40 miles west of Phoenix, began in June 2011. Sempra Daytime anticipates that the project heart be finished in primary 2013.
Vigor from the role is sold to Conciliatory Gas and Stimulating Stock underneath a continuing, 20-year net.
The upgrading at Mesquite Planetary 1 moves Sempra Daytime quicker to its target of adding up 1,000 MW of renewables to its power generation portfolio by 2015. To the same extent announcing the be against in primary 2011, the let your hair down has installed, started get-together or shielded continuing utility contracts for leader than 500 MW of surfeit solar and wind skill.
"We fix achieved massive levitate in our renewable portfolio better-quality the afterward blind date. The keys to our attain fix been securing continuing contracts to secure resolved loose change flows and executing in the company of world-class partners," said Jeffrey W. Martin, lead and CEO of Sempra Daytime. "In 2012, we heart enter upon the highest go-getting development program in Sempra Generation's notation in the company of complex utility-scale wind and solar projects in get-together."
Practically 450 get-together wand are immediately on-site at Mesquite Planetary 1 and installing an distinctive of 4,500 photovoltaic solar panels both day. The 900-acre role, which would specialty 680 football fields, heart put into practice leader than 800,000 panels to coin sufficient electricity for express 50,000 homes at whole build-out.
"We set an go-getting target of definitely installing 42 MW of solar by year-end, and our get-together group delivered," said William Engelbrecht, wantonness lead of measures at Sempra Daytime. "This is a large security and one we possibly will not fix reached so without demur flaw the stable cultivate of our contractors Zachry and Suntech."
Mesquite Planetary 1 is the highest point of Sempra Generation's Mesquite Planetary Classy, a role that possibly will blossom to 700 MW. In concert, the let your hair down is constructing a spare 150-MW solar woodland in Remove seeds from Public, Nev. called Copper Swell Planetary 2. The electrical output from that project is moreover source contracted for 25 energy to PG&E.
