Avra Valley Solar Generating Station
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| Avra Valley Solar Generating Station | |
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 Location of Avra Valley Solar Generating Station in Arizona
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| Country | United States |
| Location | Avra Valley |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | December 13, 2012 |
| Owner(s) | NRG Solar |
| Solar field | |
| Type | Flat-panel PV |
| Site area | 320 acres |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 400,000 |
| Nameplate capacity | 34 MW |
The Avra Valley Solar Generating Station is a 34 MW (DC, 25 MW AC) photovoltaic power plant in Avra Valley, Pima County, Arizona, owned by NRG. It uses single axis tracking that is designed to be maintenance free over the twenty year design life of the system. The panels are mounted on a north-south axis and rotate each day to follow the sun from sunrise to sunset, increasing the output by about 20%. Power is being sold to Tucson Electric Power in a 20 year power purchase agreement.[1][2]
Production
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
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| 2012 | 2,125 | 2,125 | |||||||||||
| 2013 | 4,208 | 5,074 | 6,694 | 7,948 | 8,475 | 8,847 | 6,820 | 6,126 | 6,571 | 6,475 | 4,381 | 4,193 | 75,812 |
| 2014 | 4,539 | 4,602 | 6,868 | 7,377 | 8,323 | 8,680 | 6,812 | 7,042 | 5,935 | 5,815 | 4,698 | 3,463 | 74,154 |
| 2015 | 3,721 | 4,929 | 6,561 | 7,644 | 7,644 | 7,602 | 6,703 | 6,837 | 5,591 | 5,214 | 4,657 | 3,575 | 70,678 |
| 2015 | 4,118 | 4,118 | |||||||||||
| Total | 226,887 | ||||||||||||
See also
Avra Valley Arizona is not in Maricopa county. It is in Pima County, Arizona.
References
- ↑ Avra Valley plant harvesting power of sun instead of cotton
- ↑ Avra Valley Project
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
