1 MW CPV Solar Power Plant at Nichols Farms

April 1, 2011 -- SolFocus, Bechtel Power Corporation and developer Sol Orchard completed a one megawatt high concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) power plant for Nichols Farms in Hanford, CA. This is the latest in a string of distributed generation projects that SolFocus has completed and continues CPV on the path to utility-scale generation. The SolFocus installation will produce 2,244 million kilowatt hours (kWh) in the first year, which is roughly 70 percent of the processing facility electricity demand. The power plant, located on six acres adjacent to the pistachio processing facility, consists of 119 8.8 kilowatt SolFocus SF-1100S CPV systems. The plant, which utilizes the SolFocus SF-1100S CPV systems, was designed and built by Bechtel, and is now connected to the regional electrical grid serviced by SoCal Edison.

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Science & Technology

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• photovoltaic
• solar
• environment
• renewable
• energy
• pv
• cpv
• solfocus

[METALMAN4Wii]

So how many panels are there and how much power do they generate an hour....!

[SolFocusCPV]

@METALMAN4Wii There are a total of 3,472 panels (124 arrays, 28 panels each) rated at 1,042 kW-DC

[zipraz]

Are the solar panels automatically follow the angle of the sun from morning till night? and for 1 hectare area how many panel maximum can be installed and how many MW can be generated? Thx.

[METALMAN4Wii]

@SolFocusCPV Dam that's enough power to power 10 office buildings. you said killa watt right which is 10,000 regular watts I believe...!