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The facility was the largest in the United States to service a major public utility when its activation was announced on December 17, 2007.  It was the second largest plant after the U.S. Air Force’s Nellis Solar Power Plant which was inaugurated the same day.  The electricity is being sold to Public Service of Colorado, a subsidiary of Xcel Energy, under a 20-year power purchase agreement.[1][2][3]Table of ContentsFacility details[edit]Electricity production[edit]See also[edit]References[edit]Facility details[edit]The plant occupies 82\u00a0acres of a 160\u00a0acre parcel of land adjacent to Highway 17 and existing transmission infrastructure near the community of Mosca.  It was originally constructed as three units to evaluate and demonstrate three types of photovoltaic (PV) technology at utility-scale, including: 1) fixed-tilt, seasonally-adjustable, flat-panel PV; 2) single-axis-tracking, flat-panel PV; and 3) dual-axis-tracking, concentrator photovoltaics (CPV).[1]  The first two units account for about 6.8\u00a0MW of the plant capacity and use 2,224 and 24,384 Suntech polycrystalline silicon panels, respectively.   The third unit accounts for the remaining ~1.2\u00a0MW and consists of 72 SOLON Mover[4] tracker systems with concentrating solar panels.[5][6][7]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4The plant was developed, financed, constructed, owned, and operated by SunEdison.   Construction began in April 2007,  and the facility was generating full power by the end of the year.[1][8][9]   It continued as the most productive public-utility-connected PV power plant until the end of 2008,  when the El Dorado Solar Power Plant in Nevada came online.[10]  It provided enough power to supply 1400 homes that year.[11]  In January 2015, the plant was purchased by TerraForm Power,[12]  which was created as a yield co by SunEdison prior to its bankruptcy filing the following year.[13]The plant received some criticism upon startup, saying that the amount of land used is large in comparison to the amount of power generated.[14]Electricity production[edit]Generation (MW\u00b7h) of Alamosa PV Plant [15]YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecTotal20072,2082,20820083487351712210621352625193218151774128566440017,53120094106361717198322661683195822681885127988348617,4552010233484110814211946229917712221207313821585108517,608201191311361430184220272173168819101451143396682817,79720123534265819281859200719511992209221171740152617,57320139981141141513731693172716501644152015781083108416,90720141082122415321428159017801491181614391362111074716,601Average Annual Production (years 2008-2014) —>17,353Generation (MW\u00b7h) of Alamosa PV Plant [15] post transfer[12]YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecTotal20151271812562522342702172512331861852452,6382016961391701692002102191753793672702422,636201714012182305433713974430637353126261831011978203134,87620188279721257152417561887164516421578117797070215,93920198078501267149115881786169017211420139686863315,517Average Annual Production (years 2018-2019) —>15,728See also[edit]References[edit]^ a b c “SunEdison Activates Largest Photovoltaic Power Plant for Xcel Energy”. arizonaenergy.org. December 17, 2007. Retrieved February 20, 2019.^ “SunEdison Activates 8.22MW Solar Plant in Alamosa Colo”. thefreelibrary.com. December 18, 2007. Retrieved February 20, 2019.^ “SunEdison Solar Plant Activates Early”. summitdaily.com. December 17, 2007. Retrieved February 20, 2019.^ “Dual-axis tracking: SOLON Mover”. solon.com. Retrieved February 20, 2019.^ “SunE Alamosa Solar PV 8.22MW”. IJ Global Project Finance and Infrastructure Journal. August 28, 2012. Retrieved February 20, 2019.^ “Xcel Energy Choose SunEdison for 8MW Solar PV Plant”. renewableenergyworld.com. September 27, 2006. Retrieved February 20, 2019.^ “Solar’s Great Leap Forward”. technologyreview.com. June 22, 2010. Retrieved February 20, 2019.^ “Ground Broken on SunEdison’s 8.22MW PV Solar Plant in Colorado”. renewableenergyworld.com. April 24, 2007. Retrieved February 20, 2019.^ “SunEdison Breaks Ground for Alamosa Solar Plant”. solarindustrymag.com. April 24, 2007. Retrieved February 20, 2019.^ “Most Efficient Solar PV Plant of 2008 Won’t Hold Title for Long”. cleantechnica.com. January 29, 2009. Retrieved February 20, 2019.^ Raabe, Steve (24 December 2008). “Alamosa solar plant’s success helps prove resource’s viability on large scale”. The Denver Post. Archived from the original on 29 January 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2009.^ a b “TerraForm Power Acquires 26 Megawatts of Distributed Generation Solar Power Plants from SunEdison for $47 Million”. terraformpower.com. January 7, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2019.^ Bomey, Nathan (April 21, 2016). “SunEdison files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy”. USA TODAY. Retrieved February 3, 2019.^ “Vail Daily’s view: Smaller is better with solar energy”. Vail Daily. 3 January 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2009.^ a b “Alamosa PV Plant, Monthly”. Electricity Data Browser. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved November 2, 2019.     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