The Eubank Landfill Solar Array is a

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that consists of 1.0 MW_AC of

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(CPV) and 1.0 MW_AC of

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(PV). It is the only utility-scale CPV system utilizing Suncore third-generation technology that is operational and grid-connected in the US. A portion of the output is being sold to PNM under a Power Purchase Agreement.

Facility details

The facility was constructed by Suncore and Bixby Electric starting in 2012 on a former landfill near EMCORE's corporate headquarters in the Sandia Science and Technology

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. Suncore Photovoltaics Technology Co, Ltd, was founded in 2010 as a joint-venture company by Chinese

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optoelectronics manufacturer Sanan Optoelectronics (60%) and U.S.

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manufacturer EMCORE Corporation (40%). EMCORE was also purchasing part of the facility's output for its local administrative and manufacturing operations. The 1.21 MW_p (1.0 MW_AC)

(CPV) portion of the facility consists of 48 dual-axis Suncore CPV-Gen3.5 solar tracking systems divided into 2 sections. The 24 systems of each section are connected

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to a central grid-connected 500 kW SatCon inverter. Each system supports 56 DDM-1090X CPV

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which are each rated to produce 450 W_p. Each module contains 15 Fresnel lenses to concentrate sunlight 1090 times onto approximately 1 cm² multi-junction solar cells which were locally developed and manufactured by EMCORE, allowing 28% module efficiency which is greater than other photovoltaic power plants. The Gen3.5 tracker system is especially notable for its tilt and roll design, which is unique among the trackers used by other CPV vendors. The same system is utilized at the 1.26 MW_p Evora Landfill facility in Portugal, and at Suncore's 138 MW_p

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, the largest CPV power station in the world.

Electricity production

References

External links

VIDEO: Eubank Landfill Solar Array - Aerial and Ground Footage

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Facility details

Electricity production

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