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Article: Abengoa Solar Inks Contract with PG&E
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- Manufacturing Close-Up
- Article date:
- October 31, 2009
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Abengoa Solar announced the signing of a power purchase agreement
with Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) to supply the electricity
generated by the new solar plant "Mojave Solar."
According to a release, the project will generate 250 megawatts
(MW) of Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) and is to be located in an
unincorporated area of San Bernardino County, between Barstow and
Kramer Junction, approximately nine miles northwest of Hinkley, and
100 miles northeast of Los Angeles. The project is expected to bring
1,200 green construction jobs and, when completed, approximately 80
permanent jobs to this desert area.
Once it starts operating in 2013, it will generate nearly as much
electricity as all ...