The Hatch Solar Energy Center is a 5.88 MWp (5.0 MWAC) photovoltaic power station. It was built by Blattner Energy using 84 dual-axis trackers and Amonix 7700 concentrator photovoltaics (CPV) panels, each of which contains 7,560 Fresnel lenses to concentrate sunlight 500 times onto multijunction photovoltaic cells. It was the largest CPV facility in North America when it was completed in 2011. The facility was subsequently repowered with SunPower panels that use high-efficiency monocrystalline silicon cells without concentration. The output is being sold to El Paso Electric, under a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA).
Annual electricity production is expected to be about 11,000 MW·h/year. Hatch Solar Energy Center
Electricity production
+Generation (MW·h) of Hatch Solar Energy CenterYearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecTotal2011 0 0 0 0 0 761 792 769 722 766 647 552 5,0102012 651 660 831 777 892 821 864 721 724 782 656 933 9,3122013 542 584 740 709 800 764 750 734 704 774 574 550 8,2252014 252 243 304 294 547 1214 1009 990 892 947 717 583 7,9932015 385 513 601 705 740 694 662 683 595 500 459 413 6,9512016 331 402 500 507 559 510 540 678 810 987 883 740 7,4472017 520 773 1111 1192 1292 1225 1168 1096 972 999 720 626 11,6942018 571 672 869 1053 1213 1304 1136 1135 1091 813 670 485 11,0122019 622 655 976 1149 1224 1376 1303 1326 1095 1076 669 487 11,9592020 921 937 1029 1361 1450 1346 1261 1122 1084 1107 945 964 13,5272021 921 917 1183 1196 1400 1165 1160 1070 1000 1129 Average Annual Production for years 2017-2020 → 12,048
See also
Alamosa Solar Generating Project List of photovoltaic power stations Renewable energy in the United States Solar power in New Mexico Solar power in the United States
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