PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SunPower Corp. (Nasdaq: SPWRA, SPWRB) today announced an agreement with Iberdrola Renewables to design and build a 20-megawatt (MW) photovoltaic solar power plant, Copper Crossing, on 144 acres of former private agricultural land in Pinal County, Arizona.
PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SunPower Corp. (Nasdaq: SPWRA, SPWRB) today
announced an agreement with Iberdrola Renewables to design and build a
20-megawatt (MW) photovoltaic solar power plant, Copper Crossing, on 144 acres
of former private agricultural land in Pinal County, Arizona. The plant, which
began construction this month and is expected to create approximately 200 jobs
during construction, will be fully operational in 2011.
Last month, SunPower announced an agreement to design and build a 30-MW solar
power plant for Iberdrola Renewables in
Alamosa
County
,
Colo.
Iberdrola Renewables is developing Copper Crossing, and will own and operate
it. The company will sell the electricity under a long-term contract to utility
provider Salt River Project for distribution on the region's utility grid. The
project will create employment opportunities and provide revenue for schools,
health, fire, and other critical services in
Pinal
County
.
"We are excited to enter the
U.S.
solar
business by building our first 50 megawatts with SunPower," said Martin
Mugica, executive vice president of Iberdrola Renewables. "Their
construction experience and established technology allows us to deliver
homegrown, clean and reliable energy to our customers."
The plant will use the SunPower Oasis(TM) Power Plant product, a fully
integrated, modular solar power block that is engineered to rapidly and
cost-effectively deploy utility-scale solar projects while optimizing land use.
Each power block integrates the SunPower(R) T0 Tracker with SunPower's
high-efficiency, E19 series solar panels, pre-manufactured system cabling, and
other advanced features. The power block kits are shipped pre-assembled to the
job site for rapid field installation, and offer the highest capacity factor
and the most reliable long-term performance.
"SunPower Oasis is a ground-breaking, utility-scale solar solution that
optimizes energy production, installation speed, material cost, and long-term
reliability," said Howard Wenger, president of SunPower's utility and
power plants business group. "We are pleased to be installing our Oasis
product for the first time on a plant for Iberdrola Renewables, a global leader
in solar power development."
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