The Crafton Hills College Solar Farm is a 1.61 MWp (1.30 MWAC) concentrator photovoltaics (CPV) power station in Yucaipa, California.
It was built by Rosendin Electric using 140 dual-axis SF-1100S systems, each of which contains 28 SF-1100 modules.
Each module contains reflective optics to concentrate sunlight 650 times onto multi-junction solar cells, allowing a greater efficiency than other photovoltaic power plants.
The farm was constructed under California Solar Initiative (CSI) incentives and the projected annual output of 2.7 GW·h partially satisfies electricity consumption at the college.
Electricity production +Generation (MW·h) of Crafton Hills College Solar Farm Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total 2012 210 181 143 134 105 54 39 866 2013 26 54 92 97 109 139 131 177 172 152 151 158 1460 2014 46 52 92 109 125 138 128 138 135 122 101 69 1255 2015 100 126 184 207 208 214 222 224 185 156 145 119 2090 2016 70 117 129 150 186 179 209 206 181 153 131 96 1806 2017 -16 -17 -33 -35 -44 -48 -44 -41 -38 -35 -22 -23 -394 2018 37 52 60 75 90 97 84 85 80 63 43 35 803 2019 70 81 123 144 150 181 178 175 143 131 84 54 1514 2020 71 96 94 118 154 154 174 144 113 104 83 65 1368Average Annual Production for years 2013-2016: 1,650
See also Victor Valley College Solar Farm Alamosa Solar Generating Project List of photovoltaic power stations Renewable energy in the United States Renewable portfolio standard Solar power in the United States
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External links VIDEO: Crafton Hills College Solar Farm Aerial Footage Analysis of energy production at a 1 MW CPV site in southern California Analysis Of Soiling Rates At The Victor Valley Community College CPV Site Experience from reliability field trails