The Newberry Springs CPV Power Plant is a 1.68 MWp (1.5 MWAC) concentrator photovoltaics (CPV) power station in Newberry Springs, California. [1] [2] It was built by Blattner Energy using 60 dual-axis CX-S530 systems, each of which contains 12 CX-M500 modules. [3] Each module contains 2,400 Fresnel lenses to concentrate sunlight 500 times onto multi-junction solar cells, allowing a greater efficiency than other photovoltaic power plants. [4] The output is being sold to Southern California Edison under a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement. [5]
| Newberry Springs CPV Power Plant | |
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| Country | United States |
| Location | Newberry Springs, California |
| Coordinates | 34°51′13″N 116°40′59″W / 34.85361°N 116.68306°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | 2012 |
| Commission date | 2013 |
| Owner | Saint-Augustin Canada Electric |
| Solar farm | |
| Type | CPV |
| Site area | 14 acres (6 ha) |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 60 Soitec CX-S530 |
| Nameplate capacity | 1.68 MWp, 1.50 MWAC |
| Capacity factor | 22.3% (average 2014-2020) |
| Annual net output | 2.93 GW·h, 209 MW·h/acre |
Electricity production
edit| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 157 | 157 | |||||||||||
| 2014 | 126 | 144 | 253 | 300 | 344 | 382 | 353 | 382 | 373 | 337 | 280 | 191 | 3,464 |
| 2015 | 125 | 158 | 232 | 260 | 261 | 269 | 279 | 282 | 233 | 196 | 182 | 149 | 2,625 |
| 2016 | 98 | 164 | 181 | 211 | 263 | 252 | 294 | 290 | 256 | 216 | 185 | 135 | 2,546 |
| 2017 | 118 | 131 | 246 | 262 | 334 | 362 | 330 | 305 | 284 | 262 | 162 | 170 | 2,966 |
| 2018 | 138 | 194 | 222 | 278 | 335 | 361 | 312 | 314 | 297 | 234 | 161 | 128 | 2,974 |
| 2019 | 137 | 159 | 242 | 281 | 293 | 354 | 350 | 342 | 280 | 257 | 165 | 106 | 2,966 |
| 2020 | 153 | 208 | 203 | 256 | 336 | 334 | 377 | 313 | 246 | 227 | 179 | 142 | 2,975 |
| Average Annual Production for years 2014-2020: | 2,931 | ||||||||||||
See also
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External links
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edit- ^ "Soitec Solar Development Completes 1.5-MW CPV Project in California". 10 July 2013.
- ^ "STACE acquires Newberry Springs solar CPV power plant". 9 May 2017.
- ^ "1.5-MW CPV Solar Array".
- ^ "Soitec Technical Data Sheet" (PDF).
- ^ "CPV Projects-Newberry Solar 1". Archived from the original on 2016-07-15. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
- ^ "Newberry Solar 1, Monthly". Electricity Data Browser. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
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