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About the Solar Star Projects

The co-located Solar Star Projects (formerly Antelope Valley Solar Projects) are a 579-megawatt solar installation that began construction in early 2013. Situated on privately-owned, previously-disturbed land near Rosamond, California, Solar Star will deliver enough electricity to power the equivalent of approximately 400,000 homes when completed in 2015. Along the way, the project will create roughly 650 construction jobs while helping California achieve its renewable energy goals.

MidAmerican Solar, a subsidiary of MidAmerican Renewables, acquired the projects in December 2012. SunPower Corporation was the developer of the projects; is the engineering, procurement and construction contractor; and will provide operations and maintenance services for the plants via a multiyear services agreement.. Solar Star will be built with SunPower® Oasis® Tracker technology, and will operate emissions-free for 20 years.

MidAmerican Energy subsidiary completes largest single PV project bond financing

28 June 2013

Solar Star Funding has secured a US$1 billion bond to fund continued construction of the 579MW solar projects formerly known as Antelope Valley. FinancialsSolar Star Funding, a subsidiary of investor Warren Buffett’s MidAmerican Energy, has secured US$1 billion to fund the continued construction by SunPower of the 579MW Solar Star 1 and Solar Star 2 projects, formerly known as Antelope Valley.

The ‘Series A Note’ offering was said to be the largest single project bond financing ever completed for a solar project.

The two projects, which SunPower started building in January 2013, are regarded as the largest in the world and are set to be completed by the end of 2015.

The EPC contract had previously been said to be worth between US$2 billion and US$2.5 billion to SunPower.

The project has been developed by BrightSource Energy and Bechtel.[7] The project cost $2.2 billion and the largest investor in the project is NRG Energy, a generating company based in Princeton, N.J., that has put in $300 million.[8] The project has received a $1.6 billion loan guarantee from the United States Department of Energy. The estimated construction costs for this CSP project ($5,561.00 per KW) fall between the construction costs for coal and nuclear power plants per Synapse Energy Economics.

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ToTheEnd a écrit :Ivanpah à officiellement démarré aujourd'hui:

The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System is now operational and delivering solar electricity to California customers. At full capacity, the facility's trio of 450-foot high towers produces a gross total of 392 megawatts (MW) of solar power, enough electricity to provide 140,000 California homes with clean energy and avoid 400,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year, equal to removing 72,000 vehicles off the road.

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En regardant encore une fois ces photos, je suis impressionné par la taille de cette affaire, la surface que ça occupe et l'architecture de l'ensemble... Je ne peux imaginer ça en suisse car pour planter quelques éoliennes ou PV, c'est déjà l'enfer.... Alors un truc de cette taille...

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5561 $ par kW.h installé.

ToTheEnd a écrit :Quand la rationalité rattrape les rêves:

http://www.businessinsider.com/ivanpah- ... ant-2014-2

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Jeuf a écrit :

5561 $ par kW.h installé.

Hé bien alors? Energy Isère qui confond encore les kWh et les kW?
Erreur ou faute de frappe?

energy_isere a écrit :Bof. Encore un gros titre journalistique peu en réel rapport avec le contenu de l' article.

Californian Solar Star 579 MW Solar Project Begins Operations

Late last week MidAmerican Solar and SunPower announced that a portion of the 579 MW Solar Star project was successfully syncronised and is now confirmed as delivering energy to the California independent service operator (ISO) grid.

Owned by MidAmerica Solar, the Solar Star projects — which including two projects co-located in Kern and Los Angeles counties in California — are designed and constructed by SunPower, who will continue to provide operations and maintenance services. Construction began in early 2013 and is currently on schedule to be completed by the end of 2015, at which point Southern California Edison will purchase electricity under two long-term power purchase agreements.

When delivering on its full 579 MW portfolio, the Solar Star projects are expected to be generating enough electricity to power approximately 255,000 average Californian homes.

“We are pleased to connect and synchronize Solar Star’s first SunPower Oasis Power Blocks, totaling 57 megawatts, to the grid,” said Jorg Heinemann, SunPower executive vice president, customer operations and engineering, procurement and construction. “The project partners are working well together and with the community to deliver one of the world’s largest solar power plants on schedule.”

“The Solar Star projects are creating needed jobs and providing economic opportunities in the Rosamond, Lancaster andPalmdale communities and surrounding areas,” said Paulette Rush, MidAmerican Solar’s community relations specialist for the Solar Star projects, referencing the approximate 600 jobs currently created by the project. “We’re committed to working hand-in-hand with the development’s neighbors and supporters and look forward to celebrating our milestones with the local community. This most recent announcement is quite an accomplishment considering construction began just one year ago.”

On top of the economic stimulus provided by creating jobs, the development is expected to generate more than $500 million in regional economic benefits.