[{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/alamosa-solar-generating-project-wikipedia\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/alamosa-solar-generating-project-wikipedia\/","headline":"Alamosa Solar Generating Project – Wikipedia","name":"Alamosa Solar Generating Project – Wikipedia","description":"before-content-x4 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia after-content-x4 Concentrated photovoltaic power station in Colorado, United States after-content-x4 A technician engaged in","datePublished":"2018-05-18","dateModified":"2018-05-18","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/author\/lordneo\/#Person","name":"lordneo","url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/author\/lordneo\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c9645c498c9701c88b89b8537773dd7c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c9645c498c9701c88b89b8537773dd7c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/wiki4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download.jpg","url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/wiki4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download.jpg","width":600,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/5\/5e\/Amonix7700.jpg\/290px-Amonix7700.jpg","url":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/5\/5e\/Amonix7700.jpg\/290px-Amonix7700.jpg","height":"193","width":"290"},"url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/alamosa-solar-generating-project-wikipedia\/","about":["Wiki"],"wordCount":1300,"articleBody":" (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});before-content-x4From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Concentrated photovoltaic power station in Colorado, United States (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4A technician engaged in field testing an Amonix 7700 SystemThe Alamosa Solar Generating Plant is a 35.3\u00a0MWp (30.0\u00a0MWAC) concentrator photovoltaics (CPV) power station, the largest in the world when it was completed, in May 2012.[1][2] It is currently the world’s third largest operating CPV facility.[3] The output is being sold to Public Service of Colorado, a subsidiary of Xcel Energy, under a long term Power Purchase Agreement.[4]Table of ContentsFacility construction details[edit]Ownership, funding, and operations[edit]Electricity production[edit]Comparison to flat-panel photovoltaic plants[edit]See also[edit]External links[edit]References[edit]Facility construction details[edit]The facility consists of 504 dual-axis Amonix 7700 solar tracking systems and Solectria grid-connected 70\u00a0kW inverters.[5] Each system supports seven CPV “MegaModules” which are each rated to produce about 10\u00a0kWp. Each module contains 1,080 fresnel lenses to concentrate sunlight 500 times onto multi-junction solar cells, allowing a greater efficiency than conventional photovoltaic power plants.[6] (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4The facility is sited on 225\u00a0acres at an elevation of 7,500\u00a0feet in the sunny and cool San Luis Valley, along with several other solar farms. It was built by Mortenson construction and is the world’s largest assembly of Amonix CPV technology.[3][7]Ownership, funding, and operations[edit]Construction was financed in September 2011 by a special purpose subsidiary of the Goldman Sachs Group’s Cogentrix Energy Power Management with a US$90.6\u00a0million loan that is guaranteed by the U.S. Department of Energy.[8] The facility became operational less than 9 months later in April 2012. In August 2016, Cogentrix sold the project for US$35\u00a0million to Korea Electric Power Corporation and its COPA pension fund, both of which are majority held by the South Korean government.[9][10] Cogentrix Services continues to operate and maintain the facility.Electricity production[edit]Generation (MW\u00b7h) of Cogentrix of Alamosa [11]YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecTotal20125,5286,8997,6396,5215,4645,9466,8505,3853,88754,11920134,9344,9335,0514,5356,0046,4225,6756,0435,8516,5934,7874,76465,59220144,5845,1435,9374,9895,6906,3905,1335,8995,7665,7704,8513,50263,65420153,3584,5446,1595,5044,8586,0544,1875,5615,4884,4045,0193,71958,85520164,2295,0105,3094,7025,9646,5237,1284,9135,5435,8144,9243,78963,84820172,3803,7075,1875,7266,7507,3156,3455,3104,4485,2673,3603,45059,24520183,0683,6084,6665,6556,5177,0036,1046,0945,8574,3683,6002,60759,14820192,8523,0054,4765,2705,6106,3105,9736,0805,0194,9343,0662,23554,83120202,9693,1284,7925,3556,2196,0296,2485,0934,9633,7403,2222,43554,193Average Annual Production (years 2013-2020)—>59,921Comparison to flat-panel photovoltaic plants[edit]Findings of a 2013 NREL land use report showed CPV as having the highest land-energy-density potential of any photovoltaic technology surveyed in the United States, requiring an average 2.8\u00a0acres\/GW\u00b7h\/yr for power plants larger than 20\u00a0MW. Flat-panel fixed and single-axis tracking plants of similar capacity typically used 3.7 and 3.3\u00a0acres\/GW\u00b7h\/yr, respectively.[12] Based on current energy production statistics, land use for the 225\u00a0acre Alamosa CPV project averages 3.7\u00a0acres\/GW\u00b7h\/yr (=\u00a0270\u00a0MW\u00b7h\/acre annual production).See also[edit]External links[edit]References[edit] (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/alamosa-solar-generating-project-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Alamosa Solar Generating Project – Wikipedia"}}]}]