KCRD Solar Farm

Cleantech America’s 80 megawatt (MW) planned solar farm for the Kings River Conservation District (KRCD) will be the largest emission-free photovoltaic (PV) solar utility-scale electric project in the country. Like Cleantech America’s 5 MW project, CalRENEW-1, this solar farm will utilize a variety of exciting PV technologies to generate clean, renewable peak power.

Scheduled to be developed in phases, with 15 megawatts (MW) coming online in 2010, 25 MW in 2011 and 40 MW in 2012, the KRCD project will provide peaking renewable power to the, recently formed San Joaquin Valley Power Authority (SJVPA).

The project will provide reliable, cost-effective green energy to Central Valley residents and businesses and help bring down the costs of solar technologies. At full build-out, the 80 MW solar farm will avoid over 100 million pounds of CO2 emissions annually. Based on results from a UC Berkeley jobs creation survey, it is also anticipated to create up to 1,040 installation/maintenance job-years in the local area and up to 1,600 manufacturing job-years (a portion of which will be in the local area).

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