Newberry Springs CPV Power Plant

The Newberry Springs CPV Power Plant is a 1.68 MW_p (1.5 MW_AC) concentrator photovoltaics (CPV) power station in Newberry Springs, California. ^{[1] [2]} It was built by Blattner Energy using 60 dual-axis CX-S530 systems, each of which contains 12 CX-M500 modules. ^[3] Each module contains 2,400 Fresnel lenses to concentrate sunlight 500 times onto multi-junction solar cells, allowing a greater efficiency than other photovoltaic power plants. ^[4] The output is being sold to Southern California Edison under a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement. ^[5]

Newberry Springs CPV Power Plant
Country	United States
Location	Newberry Springs, California
Coordinates	34°51′13″N 116°40′59″W
Status	Operational
Construction began	2012
Commission date	2013
Owner	Saint-Augustin Canada Electric
Solar farm
Type	CPV
Site area	14 acres (6 ha)
Power generation
Units operational	60 Soitec CX-S530
Nameplate capacity	1.68 MWp, 1.50 MWAC
Capacity factor	22.3% (average 2014-2020)
Annual net output	2.93 GW·h, 209 MW·h/acre

Electricity production

Generation (MW·h) of Newberry Solar 1 ^[6]

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
2013												157	157
2014	126	144	253	300	344	382	353	382	373	337	280	191	3,464
2015	125	158	232	260	261	269	279	282	233	196	182	149	2,625
2016	98	164	181	211	263	252	294	290	256	216	185	135	2,546
2017	118	131	246	262	334	362	330	305	284	262	162	170	2,966
2018	138	194	222	278	335	361	312	314	297	234	161	128	2,974
2019	137	159	242	281	293	354	350	342	280	257	165	106	2,966
2020	153	208	203	256	336	334	377	313	246	227	179	142	2,975
Average Annual Production for years 2014-2020:													2,931

See also

• United States portal
• Renewable energy portal

• Alamosa Solar Generating Project
• List of photovoltaic power stations
• Renewable energy in the United States
• Renewable portfolio standard
• Solar power in the United States

External links

• VIDEO: Newberry - Soitec's first solar power plant in California
• STACE-Soitec High Concentration Solar PV System