Blythe solar power station
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| Coordinates | 33 ° 39 '0 " N , 114 ° 43' 12" W | ||
| country | United States | ||
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| Type | Photovoltaic power plant | ||
| Primary energy | solar power | ||
| power | approx. 485 MW (electric) | ||
| owner | NextEra Energy | ||
| Project start | Expected in 2014 | ||
The Blythe solar power plant is a photovoltaic power plant projected by NextEra Energy in the Mojave Desert near Blythe (California) . This power plant was originally planned as a parabolic trough power plant . On August 18, 2011, however, it was announced in a press release that the project will be converted from solar thermal to photovoltaic . The decision was based on the current market situation.
Project progress
The installed capacity was initially projected to be around 1 GW in the final stage. A total of four power plant blocks with a capacity of 242 MW each using parabolic trough technology were planned , which should generate a total of 2.2 TWh of electrical energy per year. The electricity was to be fed into the network of the energy supplier Southern California Edison . The planned area of the entire facility is 27.5 km².
The first preparatory measures were started at the end of 2010, the official groundbreaking for the first two blocks should take place in June 2011. The commissioning of these two blocks was planned for the fourth quarter of 2013; two further blocks were in the financing phase. The investment costs for the first two blocks should approximately 2.8 billion dollars , respectively. A total of over $ 5 billion was estimated.
Solar Millennium originally held 70% of the shares in Solar Trust of America . Solar Millennium tried to sell Solar Trust to Solarhybrid as part of the bankruptcy settlement in 2011 . However, Solarhybrid also filed for bankruptcy, so that Solar Trust also became insolvent on April 2, 2012 as a result of the failed sale.
In January 2014, approval was given to build a solar park with 485 MW. Construction costs are expected to be around $ 1.13 billion.
Web links
- Blythe Solar Power Project California Energy Commission
Individual evidence
- ↑ Solar Millennium lays foundation stone for world's largest solar power plant. Nürnberger Nachrichten , June 18, 2011. Accessed June 18, 2011
- ^ Reuters bulletin of April 2, 2012 , accessed April 4, 2012
- ↑ California approves $ 1.13 bln NextEra Blythe solar power plant . In: Reuters , January 15, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2014.