CIM Group brings real-time first portion of 250-MW solar park in California
- CIM Group has introduced business procedures of the a 125-MW photovoltaic (PV) plant that will certainly form part of the 2.7-GW Westlands Solar Park (WSP) in California, the United States real estate and also framework proprietor CIM Group said on Thursday.
The 125-MW installation is the first phase of the 250-MW Aquamarine solar project, which remains in turn the very first phase of the significant WSP facility. Aquamarine's first part is already providing power to electric energy Valley Clean Energy Alliance, which has acquired 50 MW of the outcome, while Silicon Valley Power, the electric municipal utility of the City of Santa Clara, is buying renewable energy credits (REC) from 75 MW of the plant's capacity.
The 2nd 125-MW Aquamarine portion gets on track to be up and running by end-2021.
Planned to include a total area of 20,000 acres (8,094 ha) throughout San Joaquin Valley's Fresno and Kings Counties, WSP will certainly can producing electrical energy for greater than 1.2 million residences. CIP Group said it is presently discussing additional PPAs with potential off-takers for Aquamarine's 2nd phase and also future stages of WSP.