The Blue Wing Solar Project is a 16.6
MWp (14.4
MWAC)
solar photovoltaic
A photovoltaic system, also PV system or solar power system, is an electric power system designed to supply usable solar power by means of photovoltaics. It consists of an arrangement of several components, including solar panels to absorb and c ...
(PV) power plant in
San Antonio, Texas
("Cradle of Freedom")
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. It was one of the largest PV facilities in Texas when it came online in late 2010 and is owned by a
Duke Energy Subsidiary.
Project Details
The project covers near the intersection of highways IH 37 and U.S. 181.
[Texas' Largest Solar Project Breaks Ground In San Antonio]
(April 15, 2010), ''CPS Energy''. It has 214,500 solar photovoltaic modules manufactured by US firm
First Solar
First Solar, Inc. is an American manufacturer of solar panels, and a provider of utility-scale PV power plants and supporting services that include finance, construction, maintenance and end-of-life panel recycling. First Solar uses rigid thi ...
that are mounted onto fixed-tilt (20deg) racks. The plant is expected to produce more than 26 GWh of electricity per year.
The installation also includes a 500-kilowatt demonstration facility where a variety of other thin film and crystalline silicon PV modules, as well as a
concentrator photovoltaic
Concentrator photovoltaics (CPV) (also known as concentration photovoltaics) is a photovoltaic technology that generates electricity from sunlight. Unlike conventional photovoltaic systems, it uses lenses or curved mirrors to focus sunlight on ...
(CPV) unit, have been installed for evaluation and comparison purposes.
The Blue Wing Solar Project: 223,900 First Solar panels and 4,444 racks on 113 acres producing 16 megawatts
GreenTech Media, November 16, 2010
Electricity Production
See also
* List of photovoltaic power stations
The following is a list of photovoltaic power stations that are larger than 300 megawatts (MW) in current net capacity.Note that nominal power may be AC or DC, depending on the plant, and therefore any totals quoted are hybrid. SeAC-DC conundru ...
* Renewable energy in the United States
According to preliminary data from the US Energy Information Administration, renewable energy accounted for about 12.6% of total primary energy consumption and about 19.8% of the domestically produced electricity in the United States in 202 ...
* Renewable portfolio standard
* Solar power in the United States
Solar power includes solar farms as well as local distributed generation, mostly on rooftops and increasingly from community solar arrays. In 2021, utility-scale solar power generated 115 terawatt-hours (TWh), or 2.8% of electricity i ...
References
External links
CPS websiteDuke website
{{Solar power in the United States
Energy infrastructure completed in 2010
Buildings and structures in San Antonio
Solar power stations in Texas
Photovoltaic power stations in the United States
2010 establishments in Texas
Duke Energy