San Diego

Solar Park to be built in Imperial Valley

A unique learning opportunity for the students at SDSU

The North American Development Bank and NRG Solar LLC announced a loan for $19.2 million dollars to build a solar park located at the San Diego State University (SDSU) Imperial Valley Campus.

Representatives from both institutions indicated that the electricity generated by the park, will be bought by Imperial Irrigation District (IID) through a 25 year contract.

The project, certified by the Border Environment Cooperation Commission (BECC) on March 13, 2013, consists of designing, building and operating a 5 MWAC solar park using polycrystalline photovoltaic modules manufactured by Trina Solar mounted on ViaSol single-axis trackers and will be executed under an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with Boeing. The solar park will interconnect to IID's grid at a point located approximately one-half mile east of the project site.

Geronimo Gutierrez Fernandez, NADB Managing Director added that the area had the potential to be one of the main generators of renewable energy in California.

"Nothing is more critical to current and future sustainability efforts than the growing availability and diversity of environmentally friendly choices," said NRG's Richard Grosdidier, Senior Vice President of Commercial Execution. "We welcome the opportunity to reinforce our clean energy activity of providing clean, sustainable solar energy to the region, as well as offering a unique learning opportunity for the students at SDSU."

Editorial@Sandiegored.com

Omar.Martinez@Sandiegored.com

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