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Article: APS, Starwood Energy to Collaborate on Major Concentrating Solar Plant.
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- May 22, 2009
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APS to Provide More Solar Electricity Per Customer Than Any Other U.S. Utility
PHOENIX -- Arizona Public Service and Starwood Energy Group Global, LLC announced plans today for a 290-megawatt concentrating solar plant - among the largest in the world - to be built in the Harquahala Valley, 75 miles west of Phoenix. It will produce enough electricity to power more than 73,000 APS customer homes.
Scheduled for completion in 2013, Starwood Solar I will be owned by an affiliate of Starwood Energy with all the electricity generated by the facility provided to APS through a long-term purchase power agreement. Lockheed Martin, a leading global security company ...