SUNCATCHER FOR TEXAS

CPS signs solar power agreement
June 22, 2009 (San Antonio Business Journal)

"CPS Energy has signed a 20-year agreement to purchase power from a solar energy project that will be developed in West Texas.

"The 27-megawatt solar project known as Western Ranch is being developed by Houston-based Tessera Solar using the SunCatcher power system manufactured by its sister company, Stirling Energy Systems."

A Stirling Energy Systems SunCatcher. (click to enlarge)

"This will be the first Texas project for Tessera Solar, which currently has 1,500 megawatts of projects in California situated in Imperial Valley and the Mojave Desert…

"CPS announced last summer its commitment to pursue up to 100 megawatts of resource capacity from solar energy."

Texas is energy country. It knows better than to let assets like this go to waste. (click to enlarge)

"The Western Ranch Solar project is expected to break ground in summer 2010 with the first units expected to come online by the end of 2010. The project will be comprised of 1,080 SunCatcher dishes and will create an estimated 100 construction jobs and up to 20 permanent jobs.

"CPS Energy of San Antonio is the nation’s largest municipally owned energy company providing both natural gas and electric service."