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NRG Energy, MidAmerican Solar and First Solar Celebrate 100 MW Milestone for 290 MW Agua Caliente Solar Project

Yuma County, AZ PV solar project creates 400 jobs and clean, renewable power for 225,000 homes

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Representatives from NRG Energy, Inc., MidAmerican Solar and First Solar, Inc. gathered with federal and local officials at the 290 megawatt (AC) Agua Caliente solar project in Yuma County, AZ, to celebrate the project’s first 100 megawatts (MW) being delivered to the grid, making it North America’s largest photovoltaic (PV) power plant in operation. Once completed in 2014, Agua Caliente will be one of the world’s largest PV power plants, supplying enough clean, renewable so...

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