New Arlington Valley solar site packs power (127 MW, AZ) [View all]

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http://www.azcentral.com/business/arizonaeconomy/articles/20130501new-arlington-valley-solar-site-packs-power.html

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The $500 million Arlington Valley Solar Energy II project will be among the largest solar plants in the world when finished this year. It has about 400 construction workers finishing the project south of Interstate 10 and west of Arizona 85.

The project adds to Arizona’s large list of solar-power plants. If it were complete today, it would be among the 10 largest in the world. It will have 127 megawatts of capacity when finished. One megawatt is enough electricity to supply about 250 Arizona homes at once, when the sun is shining on the solar panels.

The largest in the world — the Agua Caliente Solar Project — is not far away, near Yuma, and still under construction.

Agua Caliente is being built by Tempe-based First Solar Inc. It already has 250 megawatts of capacity sending power to the grid and will have 290 when it is finished. However, other plants under development will continue to alter the list, including a 550-megawatt project First Solar is building in California.

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