Catalina Solar Project
The Catalina Solar Project is a 143.2 megawatt photovoltaic power station located near Bakersfield, Kern County, California, owned by enXco, an EDF Énergies Nouvelles Company. It covers area of.
Construction began in May, 2012 and was fully completed in August, 2013. It use thin-film PV panels bought from Solar Frontier and First Solar.
Phase 1 had a nameplate capacity of 60 MW and was connected to the grid in December, 2012.
enXco has signed a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement with San Diego Gas & Electric for the production from the station.
That clean electricity could offset roughly 74,000 tons of carbon emissions each year.Production
