California utility connects solar power plant to grid
Published Monday, 28th February 2011
Southern California Edison (SCE) has connected the state’s largest investor-owned utility photovoltaic (PV) plant to its Central Valley power grid.
The new generating station, the utility’s first ground-mount PV installation, covers 32 acres of land SCE has leased from the city of Porterville in California. It adds 5 million watts of peak capacity — enough power to serve 3,250 average homes — to SCE’s network of 11 solar stations.
Construction and testing of the 29,426-panel solar array near the Porterville Municipal Airport took about six months and created 125 jobs. The new Central Valley solar station is connected directly to the utility’s neighborhood power circuits and benefits all SCE customers in the region.
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