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AV Solar Ranch One Solar Power Plant Achieves 100 MW Milestone

California PV power plant to reach 230 MW when completed this year

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

First Solar, Inc. announced that the Antelope Valley Solar Ranch One project has achieved a peak generating capacity of 100 megawatts (MW)AC connected to the electrical grid. The photovoltaic (PV) power plant, which is under construction in northern Los Angeles County, will have a generating capacity of 230 MWAC upon completion, expected later this year. Initial construction on the solar project began in September 2011 and module installation started in June 2012, providing an average of 400 ...

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