Antelope Valley Solar Ranch
Photovoltaic power plant in Antelope Valley, California / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Antelope Valley Solar Ranch 1 (AVSR1) is a 230 megawatt (MWAC) photovoltaic power plant near Lancaster within Antelope Valley, in the western Mojave Desert, Southern California. It uses cadmium telluride modules made by the US thin-film manufacturer First Solar. The project was developed by First Solar and later bought by Exelon Corporation in 2011.[4][5][6] The solar facility was fully commissioned in April 2014.[1]
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Country | United States |
Location | Antelope Valley, California |
Coordinates | 34°46′30″N 118°25′30″W |
Status | Operational |
Construction began | August 2011 |
Commission date | April 2014 [1] |
Construction cost | $1.36 billion[2] ($1.78 billion in 2023 dollars[3]) |
Owner(s) | Constellation Energy |
Employees | 20[1] |
Solar farm | |
Type | Flat-panel PV |
Site area | 2,100 acres (8.50 km2) |
Power generation | |
Units operational | 3,800,000 |
Nameplate capacity | 230 MWAC |
Capacity factor | 30.5% (average 2015-2017) |
Annual net output | 614 GW·h, 290 MW·h/acre |
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