Article: United States: Sempra Gen Aims To Build, Sell 500 MW Of Solar Power.

Sempra Energy's (SRE) merchant generation unit is looking to build up to 500 megawatts of new solar-power plants over the next few years, the unit's top executive said Wednesday.

The San Diego-based company owns a 10-megawatt solar farm in Boulder City, Nev., that was built by solar-panel maker First Solar Inc. (FSLR). First Solar is set to build a second, 48-megawatt solar farm for Sempra near the existing solar farm. Sempra has sold the output from both plants to PG&E Corp. (PCG) utility Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

Next, Sempra Generation aims to develop as much as 500 megawatts of solar-power plants that use solar panels and/or solar-thermal ...

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