Sunpin protects PPA for 98-MW solar project in California
- California-based programmer Sunpin Solar revealed a PPA with an investment quality offtaker for the complete outcome of the Titan Solar 1 Power Plant, which started construction in January 2020. The PPA covers the complete 98-MWdc/70-MWac ability of the solar project and will certainly offer to fulfill California's renewable profile common requirements once it has actually reached business procedure at the end of this year.
Sunpin Solar's CFO Kelly Lloyd specified "the finalizing of the PPA together with the tax obligation equity investment as well as energy bush commitments has actually driven Titan Solar 1 right into an energy range desert solar diamond project that Sunpin is proud to create and also complete with its business companions and also local neighborhood."
The 98-MW Titan Solar 1 Power Plant, which will certainly be functional in November this year, is situated on 420 acres of land in Imperial County, California, between the Salton Sea and also the Anza Borrego Desert State Park. It is interconnected to the Imperial Irrigation District (IID) Utility grid and has shipment capacity right into the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) territory. The single-axis radar has an expected annual production of over 214,000 MWh.
This is Sunpin Solar's 2nd utility-scale solar project in IID, complying with the successful conclusion of operation of the 75-MWac ColGreen North Shore project in 2018.
"The project would certainly not have actually moved forward as smoothly as now without the tremendous support from the Imperial Irrigation District Board of Directors and personnel in addition to the County of Imperial, especially under such a difficult time because of COVID-19. Sunpin is devoted to creating more tax obligation incomes, developing more jobs as well as bringing more neighborhood benefits to the community." Said XJ Chen, Vice President of Development at Sunpin.
The Titan Solar 1 project produced over 300 regional jobs at the optimal of building and construction, even throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. There has been a cohesive effort to finish the project on time while maintaining its employees safe.