PSEG Acquires Two US PV Plants Totalling 66.6MW from Juwi
The PSEG Pavant II Solar Energy Centre will be located on 415 acres about 110 miles south of Salt Lake City. When completed, the 62.7MW-dc facility will represent Solar Source's largest solar facility, capable of producing more than twice the amount of clean energy than any other Solar Source project. It has a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with PacifiCorp and its commercial operations are expected to commence at the end of the year.
"We are excited to add such a large solar instalment to our fleet and extend our presence into Utah providing safe, clean and reliable energy for so many residents," said Diana Drysdale, president of PSEG Solar Source. "We continue to pursue opportunities to grow our business by working with best-in-class partners like Juwi."
The 3.9MW-dc facility, to be named PSEG Lawrence Livermore Solar Energy Centre, is currently under construction by Juwi and is located on the grounds of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, about 45 miles east of San Francisco in Livermore, California. It is scheduled to go into service in the first quarter of 2016 after the testing and commissioning process is completed and has a 20-year PPA with Western Area Power Authority (WAPA), acting on behalf of the United States Department of Energy.
"We are pleased to be building our second large-scale solar project in the state of Utah and our first one in California," said Mike Martin, Juwi's President and CEO. "Our partnership with PSEG Solar Source has been tremendously successful over the years, and we are proud that companies like PSEG continue to dedicate significant resources and efforts to the renewable energy industry."
