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Agua Caliente, Largest Operational Solar PV Project in the World, Achieves 250 MW of Grid-Connected Power

Construction of the First Solar project is expected to be complete on schedule in 2014

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

First Solar, Inc. announced that the Agua Caliente solar project has achieved a peak generating capacity of 250 megawatts (MW)AC connected to the electrical grid. The project, which is under construction in Yuma County, AZ, is currently the world’s largest operating photovoltaic (PV) power plant and will have a generating capacity of 290 MWAC when completed. Initial construction work at the award-winning Agua Caliente site began in the fall of 2010 and solar module installation began in...

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