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High Plains Ranch
High Plains Ranch II is a proposed 250 megawatt solar photovoltaic power plant which is to be built by SunPower in the Carrizo Plain, northwest of California Valley. PG&E has agreed to buy all of the power from the plant, which is expected to amount to 550 gigawatt-hours annually. 1
The plant, which will use SunPower solar panels mounted on sun-tracking heliostats is expected to begin delivering power in 2010 and be fully operational in 2012.
The facility would use 3.5 square miles of land in San Luis Obispo County. 2
| facility | location | footprint area | peak output power | peak efficiency | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| square miles | square kilometers | megawatts | watts per square meter | net efficiency | ||
| High Plains Ranch II | Carrizo Plain northwest of California Valley |
3.5 | 9.065 | 250 | 27.58 | 2.76% |
References
2. PG&E plans big investment in solar power, SFGate.com, 8/15/2008 [cached]