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First Solar Signs Contract with PG&E for 300 MW PV Solar Power Project

Desert Sunlight project will have a total capacity of 550 MW

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

First Solar, Inc. announced a power purchase agreement to supply Pacific Gas and Electric Company with renewable electricity from a 300 megawatt (AC) utility-scale photovoltaic solar power facility that First Solar is developing in Southern California. The Desert Sunlight project, to be located near Desert Center in eastern Riverside County, CA, will have a total capacity of 550 megawatts, enough to power approximately 160,000 area homes – or about 480,000 residents. The other 250 MW portion ...

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