Buckthorn Solar PV Park is a 202MW solar PV power project. It is located in Texas, the US. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in a single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in May 2018. Buy the profile here.
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Description
The project was developed by NRG Energy and SunEdison. The project is currently owned by Clearway Energy with a stake of 100%.
Buckthorn Solar PV Park is a ground-mounted solar project.
The project supplies enough clean energy to power 40,000 households.
Development status
The project got commissioned in May 2018.
Power purchase agreement
The power generated from the project is sold to Georgetown Utility Systems under a power purchase agreement for a period of 25 years from 2018. The contracted capacity is 154MW.
Contractors involved
Swinerton Renewable Energy was selected to render engineering procurement construction services for the solar PV power project.
First Solar was selected as the supplier of the PV modules for the project. The company installed 1,696,500 modules at the site.
Power Electronics USA supplied 58 inverters to the project site.
The project is utilising horizontal single axis trackers supplied by NEXTracker.
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About NRG Energy
NRG Energy Inc (NRG) is an integrated energy company. It generates and supplies electricity. The company produces electricity using coal, natural gas, nuclear, oil, biomass, wind, and solar sources. NRG owns power generation plants and operates facilities for third parties. It carries out plant operations, commercial operations, EPC, asset management, energy services and other related critical functions. NRG sells energy, services and associated products and services to retail customers under the NRG, Reliant, Green Mountain Energy, Stream and XOOM Energy. The company provides energy and related services to residential, industrial and commercial consumers at fixed, indexed or variable prices. NRG is headquartered in Houston, Texas, the US.
About SunEdison
SunEdison, Inc. (SunEdison) is a solar energy company that develops and sells photovoltaic energy solutions, and owns and operates clean power generation assets. The company also develops, manufactures and sells silicon wafer for the semiconductor industry. It also offers solar energy services to its clients that integrate the design, financing, installation, monitoring, operations and maintenance functions of the downstream solar market. SunEdison serves commercial customers including national retail chains and real estate property management firms; federal, state and municipal governments; utilities; and customers from the semiconductor industry. The company, together with its subsidiaries, manufacturing facilities and representative offices, operates in the US, Canada, Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Middle East and North Africa (MENA). SunEdison is headquartered in Maryland Heights, Missouri, the US.
The company and some of its domestic and international subsidiaries have filed for reorganization under chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in April 2016.
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