Avenal Solar Facility

Avenal Solar Facility
Country	United States
Location	Kings County
Coordinates	35°59′N 120°06′W
Status	Operational
Construction began	September 2010[1]
Commission date	August 5, 2011
Owners	NRG Solar and Eurus Energy America
Solar farm
Type	Flat-panel PV
Site area	500 acres (200 ha)
Power generation
Units operational	450,900 Sharp Electronics (128W thin film)[2]
Nameplate capacity	57.7 MW or 45 MWAC
Annual net output	58 GWh[3]

The Avenal Solar Facility is a 57.7 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic power station in Kings County, California, constructed using 450,900 SHARP-128W thin-film modules. At its completion, it was California's largest photovoltaic facility.^[4]

The power generated is sold to Pacific Gas & Electric, using three separate 20-year power purchase agreements (PPA).

Units

• Sun City (20MW)
• Sand Drag (19MW)
• Avenal Park (6MW)^[5]

Production

Generation (MW·h) of Avenal Park ^[6]

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
2011								2,144	1,480	1,183	420	398	5,625
2012	38	377	925	1,338	1,839	1,988	1,719	1,355	1,268	997	510	372	12,726
2013	241	495	842	888	999	1,274	1,202	1,617	1,572	1,392	1,385	1,446	13,353
2014	465	531	935	1,106	1,271	1,409	1,304	1,411	1,377	1,243	1,033	705	12,789
2015	609	768	1,125	1,262	1,269	1,307	1,353	1,370	1,130	952	882	726	12,753
Total													57,246

Generation (MW·h) of Sun City Project LLC ^[7]

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
2011								7,497	5,174	4,136	1,469	1,393	19,668
2012	128	1,275	3,125	4,521	6,215	6,717	5,809	4,577	4,286	3,368	1,723	1,259	43,003
2013	801	1,641	2,794	2,946	3,316	4,225	3,986	5,365	5,215	4,617	4,596	4,796	44,298
2014	1,561	1,781	3,135	3,710	4,262	4,727	4,374	4,733	4,618	4,170	3,465	2,363	42,897
2015	2,039	2,570	3,766	4,226	4,248	4,377	4,530	4,585	3,784	3,188	2,953	2,431	42,695
Total													192,561

Generation (MW·h) of Sand Drag LLC ^[8]

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
2011								6,829	4,713	3,768	1,338	1,269	17,917
2012	120	1,196	2,933	4,243	5,832	6,304	5,451	4,296	4,022	3,161	1,617	1,181	40,357
2013	765	1,567	2,669	2,814	3,167	4,037	3,808	5,125	4,982	4,411	4,391	4,582	42,320
2014	1,482	1,691	2,976	3,522	4,046	4,488	4,153	4,494	4,384	3,959	3,290	2,244	40,729
2015	1,939	2,443	3,581	4,019	4,039	4,162	4,307	4,360	3,598	3,031	2,808	2,311	40,597
Total													181,920

See also

• List of photovoltaic power stations
• El Dorado Solar Power Plant
• Renewable energy in the United States
• Renewable portfolio standard
• Solar power plants in the Mojave Desert
• Solar power in California

References

1. Sharp Signs Contract for 58 MW (DC) Photovoltaic Solar Power Project
2. "Avenal Park". Archived from the original on 2012-04-09. Retrieved 2012-04-06.
3. Sharp Electronics provides PV modules for Avenal Solar Generating Facility Archived April 8, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
4. Avenal Solar Facility Starts Generating Power
5. Solar projects
6. "Avenal Park, Monthly". Electricity Data Browser. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
7. "Sun City Project LLC, Monthly". Electricity Data Browser. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
8. "Sand Drag LLC, Monthly". Electricity Data Browser. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved March 8, 2017.