The project, which is built on around 946 acres of agricultural, non government land, features two million solar panels and will generate enough electricity to power around 44,000 California homes.
Owned by CSOLAR IV South, a Tenaska affiliate, the project will sell its output to San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) under a 25-year power purchase agreement and will be connected to the electric grid via SDG&E’s Sunrise Powerlink, the new 117-mile, 500kV transmission line.
Tenaska Solar Ventures has developed the project, while First Solar was the technology provider and First Solar Electric (California), a wholly owned subsidiary of First Solar, will operate the facility.
Tenaska and First Solar have created 500 jobs during construction and ensured around 70% of the jobs come from local communities including Imperial County, including Brawley, El Centro, Heber, Imperial and Calexico.
