First Solar signs contract with PG&E for 300MW photovoltaic solar power project

9 March 2010

NASDAQ-listed solar module manufacturer First Solar has signed a power purchase agreement to supply US energy utility Pacific Gas and Electric Company with renewable electricity from a 300MW utility-scale photovoltaic solar power facility that First Solar is developing in Southern California.

The Desert Sunlight project, to be located near Desert Center in eastern Riverside County, California, will have a total capacity of 550MW. The other 250MW portion of the project is already under contract to energy utility Southern California Edison. First Solar’s power purchase agreements with PG&E and SCE are subject to the approval of the California Public Utilities Commission.
‘First Solar is one of the few companies that has all the capabilities required to realize very large, utility-scale solar projects like Desert Sunlight, which are important in helping our customers and California reach the state’s renewable energy goals,’ said Rob Gillette, CEO, First Solar.

First Solar has 1,700MW of utility-scale power projects with power purchase agreements in North America.

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