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First Solar, Southern California Edison Sign Contract for 250 MW of PV Power

The project is expected to begin producing electricity as early as 2014 and be fully operational by May 2017

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Southern California Edison (SCE) has signed a power purchase agreement with First Solar for 250 megawatts AC of electricity to be generated with solar photovoltaic panels. This emission-free power source is the equivalent, in greenhouse gas terms, of removing 30,000 cars from the road annually. The solar panels will be ground-mounted on about 2,500 acres of public land near Primm, NV First Solar is developing the project, named Silver State South, which will interconnect with SCE’s proposed E...

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