The Springbok Solar Farm is a 443 MWp (350 MWAC) photovoltaic power station in the northwestern Mojave Desert, near California City in eastern Kern County, California. 8minutenergy.com: Solar Projects website The facility was developed and constructed by 8minutenergy Renewables in three phases. It is among the country's largest PV solar farms with a capacity of about 440 MWp (350 MWAC).
Facility details
The project was developed by 8minutenergy, one of the largest independent solar power developers in the United States. The three Springbok solar facilities combined generate enough clean, renewable energy to serve more than 152,000 households. The amount of greenhouse gas emissions avoided is comparable to removing nearly 150,000 cars from the road. The power from all three projects is contracted to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.
Project units The Springbok Solar Farm consists of 3 project units, or construction phases:
Springbok 1 Solar Project — a 137 MWdc (105 MWAC) solar power station using photovoltaics. Construction on the site began in 2015 and was completed in July 2016.8minutenergy.com: "Springbok 1 Solar Project breaks ground"Table 6.3. New Utility Scale Generating Units by Operating Company, Plant, and Month, 2016, Electric Power Monthly, U.S. Energy Information Administration, October 25, 2016 Springbok 2 Solar Project — a 191 MWdc (155 MWAC) solar power station also using photovoltaics which was completed in September 2016 on an additional 700 acres.8minutenergy.com: "Power purchase agreement to develop Springbok 2 Solar Project"Over 3.4 GW of large solar parks go live across US, SeeNews Renewables, Tsvetomira Tsanova, November 3, 2016 Springbok 3 Solar Project — a 115 MWdc (90 MWAC) solar power station using photovoltaics completed in July 2019.Table 6.5. Planned U.S. Electric Generating Unit Additions, September 2019, Electric Power Monthly, U.S. Energy Information Administration, October 25, 2016Table 6.3. New Utility Scale Generating Units by Operating Company, Plant, and Month, 2019, Electric Power Monthly, U.S. Energy Information Administration, September 24, 2019
Electricity production
Springbok Solar 1 nameplate capacities: 137 MWdc, 105 MWac annual net output: 299 GW·h (avg 2017) capacity factor: 32.5% +Generation (MW·h) of Springbok Solar 1 Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total 2016 35,489 31,692 7,506 20,948 17,007 13,038 125,680 2017 11,869 13.258 24,783 26,443 33,722 36,527 33,263 30,773 28,675 26,418 16,330 17,181 299,242Average Annual Production (years 2017) 299,000
Springbok Solar 2 nameplate capacities: 191 MWdc, 155 MWac annual net output: 418 GW·h (avg 2017) capacity factor: 30.8% +Generation (MW·h) of Springbok Solar 2 Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total 2016 9,872 27,956 23,317 18,047 79,192 2017 16,565 18,502 34,587 36,904 47,062 50,976 46,421 42,946 40,019 36,869 22,790 23,977 417,618Average Annual Production (years 2017) 418,000
See also
Beacon Solar Project Solar power plants in the Mojave Desert Solar power in California
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