The Avenal Solar Facility is a 57.7 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic power station in Kings County, California, constructed using 450,900 SHARP-128W thin-film modules. At its completion, it was California's largest photovoltaic facility.Avenal Solar Facility Starts Generating Power

The power generated is sold to Pacific Gas & Electric, using three separate 20-year power purchase agreements (PPA).

Units Sun City (20MW) Sand Drag (19MW) Avenal Park (6MW)Solar projects

Production

+Generation (MW·h) of Avenal Park Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total 2011 2,144 1,480 1,183 420 398 5,625 2012 38 377 925 1,338 1,839 1,988 1,719 1,355 1,268 997 510 372 12,726 2013 241 495 842 888 999 1,274 1,202 1,617 1,572 1,392 1,385 1,446 13,353 2014 465 531 935 1,106 1,271 1,409 1,304 1,411 1,377 1,243 1,033 705 12,789 2015 609 768 1,125 1,262 1,269 1,307 1,353 1,370 1,130 952 882 726 12,753Total 57,246

+Generation (MW·h) of Sun City Project LLC Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total 2011 7,497 5,174 4,136 1,469 1,393 19,668 2012 128 1,275 3,125 4,521 6,215 6,717 5,809 4,577 4,286 3,368 1,723 1,259 43,003 2013 801 1,641 2,794 2,946 3,316 4,225 3,986 5,365 5,215 4,617 4,596 4,796 44,298 2014 1,561 1,781 3,135 3,710 4,262 4,727 4,374 4,733 4,618 4,170 3,465 2,363 42,897 2015 2,039 2,570 3,766 4,226 4,248 4,377 4,530 4,585 3,784 3,188 2,953 2,431 42,695Total 192,561

+Generation (MW·h) of Sand Drag LLC Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total 2011 6,829 4,713 3,768 1,338 1,269 17,917 2012 120 1,196 2,933 4,243 5,832 6,304 5,451 4,296 4,022 3,161 1,617 1,181 40,357 2013 765 1,567 2,669 2,814 3,167 4,037 3,808 5,125 4,982 4,411 4,391 4,582 42,320 2014 1,482 1,691 2,976 3,522 4,046 4,488 4,153 4,494 4,384 3,959 3,290 2,244 40,729 2015 1,939 2,443 3,581 4,019 4,039 4,162 4,307 4,360 3,598 3,031 2,808 2,311 40,597Total 181,920

See also

List of photovoltaic power stations El Dorado Solar Power Plant Renewable energy in the United States Renewable portfolio standard Solar power plants in the Mojave Desert Solar power in California

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