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First Solar to Build 26MW Avra Valley PV Solar Project for NRG

Will help Arizona meet its renewable energy goals

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

NRG Energy, Inc. and First Solar, Inc. announced an agreement for First Solar to construct NRG’s 26 megawatt (AC) Avra Valley solar project near Tucson, AZ. Electricity from the Avra Valley solar project will be sold to Tucson Electric Power under a 20-year power purchase agreement. The project will utilize First Solar’s advanced thin-film photovoltaic technology, mounted on the company’s single-axis tracker system, which rotates the solar modules to follow the sun throughou...

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