Clear Skies Solar, a provider of turnkey solar power installations and renewable energy services, has initiated project engineering on an $11 million, 3.2MW solar farm in Cantil, California, to be built on 34 acres of company-owned land.
According to the solar company, it will continue to operate and maintain the solar plant for the next 20 years and expects to see recurring revenue from this management arrangement.
The completed biological resource assessment has found no evidence of protected desert wildlife, which is the main environmental issue that has the potential to hinder a project such as this.
The solar company said that the improvement of thin film technologies and subsequent decrease in thin film costs are major contributing factors to the economic feasibility of this project. With a larger footprint than traditional PV panels, the use of thin film consumes twice as much land as polysilicon on a per watt basis.
Ezra Green, chairman and CEO of Clear Skies Solar, said: “Although this project will be smaller than initially anticipated, the use of thin film technology will offer our investors a higher return, which investors are now demanding under current economic conditions.”
