Victor Valley College Solar Farm

Victor Valley College Solar Farm
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CountryUnited States
LocationVictorville, California
Coordinates34°28′49″N 117°15′29″W / 34.48028°N 117.25806°W / 34.48028; -117.25806
StatusOperational
Commission date2010
OwnerVictor Valley Community College
Solar farm
TypeCPV
Site area6.0 acres (2 ha)
Power generation
Units operational122 Solfocus SF-1100S
Nameplate capacity1.26 MWp, 1.02 MWAC
Capacity factor25% (average 2011-2016)
Annual net output2.2 GW·h, 370 MW·h/acre
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The Victor Valley College Solar Farm is a 1.26 MWp (1.02 MWAC) concentrator photovoltaics (CPV) power station in Victorville, California. [1] [2] Upon completion in May 2010 it was the largest CPV project installed in North America. [3] It was built by Sachs Electric using 122 dual-axis SF-1100S systems, each of which contains 28 SF-1100 modules. [4] Each module contains reflective optics to concentrate sunlight 650 times onto multi-junction solar cells, allowing a greater efficiency than other photovoltaic power plants. [5] The farm was constructed under California Solar Initiative (CSI) incentives and the projected annual output of 2.3 GW·h partially satisfies electricity consumption at the college. [6]

Electricity production

Generation (MW·h) of Victor Valley CC CPV Solar[7]
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
2010 639 617 551 448 201 172 64 2691
2011 2 114 164 271 333 428 368 379 262 209 74 70 2675
2012 8 79 194 281 386 417 361 284 266 209 107 78 2671
2013 40 82 140 147 166 211 199 268 261 231 230 240 2216
2014 72 82 144 171 196 218 201 218 212 192 159 109 1974
2015 92 116 171 192 193 198 205 208 171 144 134 110 1935
2016 64 107 118 137 171 164 191 188 166 140 120 88 1654
2017 43 48 90 96 122 133 121 112 104 96 59 62 1086
2018 52 73 83 104 126 135 117 118 111 88 60 48 1115
2019 56 65 98 114 119 144 142 139 114 105 67 43 1206
2020 71 96 94 119 155 155 175 145 114 105 83 66 1376
Average Annual Production for years 2011-2016: 2,190

See also

References

  1. ^ "Concentrating Photovoltaic Project Under Way at California College". 18 March 2010.
  2. ^ "Solar goes to college". 9 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Victorville campus to unveil high-efficiency solar project". Los Angeles Times. 25 May 2010.
  4. ^ "1MW CPV Solar Project".
  5. ^ "SolFocus CPV Introduction" (PDF).[dead link‍]
  6. ^ "CPV Projects-Victor Valley College".
  7. ^ "Victor Valley CC Solar, Monthly". Electricity Data Browser. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved January 11, 2019.


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