1ST SOLAR, SCE TO BUILD PV IN NV

First Solar, Southern California Edison Sign Contract for 250 Megawatts of Solar Photovoltaic Power
February 9, 2011 (Southern California Edison)

"Southern California Edison (SCE) has signed a power purchase agreement with First Solar for 250 megawatts AC of electricity to be generated with solar photovoltaic panels...

"...This emission-free power source is the equivalent, in greenhouse gas terms, of removing 30,000 cars from the road annually."

The SCE/First Solar Silver State South project will be 25 times as big as Sempra's huge El Dorado installation (click to enlarge)

"The solar panels will be ground-mounted on about 2,500 acres of public land near Primm, Nev. First Solar is developing the project, named Silver State South, which will interconnect with SCE’s proposed Eldorado-Ivanpah 220-kilovolt transmission line. The project is expected to begin producing electricity as early as 2014 and be fully operational by May 2017. It will create about 300 construction jobs, and the solar panels will be recycled after their useful lifespan…"

"This contract is subject to California Public Utilities Commission approval…

"Southern California Edison is the nation’s leading utility for renewables. In 2009, SCE delivered 13.6 billion kilowatt hours of renewable power to its customers, about 17 percent of its total power portfolio…"