The Boulder Solar project is a 150 megawatt (MWAC) photovoltaic power station near Boulder City, Nevada. It was built in two phases by SunPower using its Oasis Power Plant system. The project is co-located with several other large solar power projects in the Eldorado Valley.
Facility details The 100 MW Boulder Solar 1 began construction on 600 acres in December 2015, and went online in mid-December 2016. It uses 288,000 tracker-mounted panels manufactured by SunPower. It has an expected annual production of about 280 GWh and will provide Boulder City with $20 million in land lease payments over the 20-year term.
Southern Power purchased a controlling (51%) interest in Boulder Solar 1 in November 2016. New Energy Solar purchased the remaining 49% interest in February 2018. The electricity is being sold to NV Energy under a 20-year power purchase agreement. Along with geothermal power and numerous smaller solar energy installations throughout the city, Boulder Solar 1 allowed Las Vegas to operate all municipal services with renewable energy sources starting at the end of 2016.
The 50 MW Boulder Solar 2, also constructed by SunPower, entered service in January 2017 with an expected annual production of 140 GWh. It is owned by American Electric Power and is also selling its electricity to NV Energy. Apple Inc. motivated this construction phase of the project through the participation of its northern Nevada data centers in the NV GreenEnergy Rider opportunity.
Electricity production
+Total Facility Generation(Annual Sum from Both Units Below) Year Total Annual MW·h 2016 10,740 2017 405,214 2018 415,341 2019 399,324 2020 417,972 2021 389,826 2022 397,756 Average (2017–2022) 404,405
+Generation (MW·h) of Boulder Solar 1 - 100 MW unit) Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total 2016 10,740 10,740 2017 11,302 10,807 23,954 28,536 32,221 33,171 27,273 27,327 24,147 23,122 15,208 14,435 271,503 2018 14,653 17,350 22,677 28,887 31,586 33,857 28,388 26,658 26,169 20,714 16,626 12,538 280,1032019 13,616 15,077 24,140 25,737 28,035 26,986 30,612 29,624 24,634 23,039 15,647 10,987 268,1342020 281,2292021 260,4962022 267,761
+Generation (MW·h) of Boulder Solar 2 - 50 MW unit) Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total 2017 5,507 6,536 12,296 13,795 15,698 16,306 13,480 13,265 11,666 11,084 7,197 6,881 133,711 2018 7,079 8,146 11,006 14,014 15,311 16,522 13,923 12,723 12,656 9,902 7,959 5,997 135,238 2019 6,551 7,322 11,697 12,623 13,885 15,375 14,982 12,650 11,999 11,263 7,564 5,279 131,1902020 136,7432021 129,3302022 130,085
See also
Nevada Solar One Copper Mountain Solar Facility Techren Solar Project Solar power in Nevada List of power stations in Nevada
References
External links NV Energy Renewable Energy 2015