The Roserock Solar Facility is a 157 MWAC (212 MWp) photovoltaic power station in Pecos County, Texas. It was the largest solar project in Texas when completed in late 2016. The facility is dispersed over about 1300 acres of land already developed for oil and gas by Apache Corporation. It is located about a mile north of Interstate-10, and 20 miles west of Fort Stockton.
Facility details
The project was developed by Recurrent Energy, which was acquired by the Sharp Corporation in late 2010. Recurrent Energy was subsequently acquired by the Chinese photovoltaic panel manufacturer Canadian Solar in February 2015. Construction on the project was financed for about $275 million and began in November 2015. The engineering, procurement, and construction contractor was McCarthy Building Companies and the project employed about 480 workers at its peak.
The project uses approximately 700,000 CS6X-P series panels (polycrystalline, ~300 Wp each) from Canadian Solar that are mounted on single-axis trackers. It began sending electricity to the grid in late November 2016. On November 30, 2016, Recurrent Energy sold a controlling interest in the completed facility to Southern Power. The electricity is being sold to Austin Energy under a 20-year power purchase agreement.
Electricity production
+Generation (MW·h) of Roserock Solar Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total 2016 6,495 20,330 26,825 2017 27,371 29,280 39,767 37,916 41,442 37,496 41,301 36,702 31,019 31,132 21,145 20,819 396,390 2018 26,479 25,710 30,535 24,286 11,749 18,368 20,462 15,301 18,013 19,464 23,807 18,111 252,285 2019 21,152 22,587 18,011 41,151 39,988 43,455 44,443 42,477 32,021 32,217 22,378 25,070 384,950 2020 24,349 23,972 28,614 40,464 44,650 46,173 46,813 43,101 33,048 32,889 27,796 22,709 414,578 2021 25,975 22,362 Average Annual Production (years 2017–2020) ---> 362,051
See also Solar power in Texas List of photovoltaic power stations
References
External links Solar seeks to shine through Texas hurdles VIDEO: Constructing the Roserock solar plant