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]
| Victor Valley College Solar Farm | |
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| Country | United States |
| Location | Victorville, California |
| Coordinates | 34°28′49″N 117°15′29″W / 34.48028°N 117.25806°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | 2010 |
| Owner | Victor Valley Community College |
| Solar farm | |
| Type | CPV |
| Site area | 6.0 acres (2 ha) |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 122 Solfocus SF-1100S |
| Nameplate capacity | 1.26 MWp, 1.02 MWAC |
| Capacity factor | 25% (average 2011-2016) |
| Annual net output | 2.2 GW·h, 370 MW·h/acre |
Electricity production
edit| 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
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References
edit- ^ "Concentrating Photovoltaic Project Under Way at California College". 18 March 2010.
- ^ "Solar goes to college". 9 April 2012.
- ^ "Victorville campus to unveil high-efficiency solar project". Los Angeles Times. 25 May 2010.
- ^ "1MW CPV Solar Project".
- ^ "SolFocus CPV Introduction" (PDF).[dead link]
- ^ "CPV Projects-Victor Valley College".
- ^ "Victor Valley CC Solar, Monthly". Electricity Data Browser. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
External links
edit- VIDEO: 1 Megawatt Solar CPV Plant at Victor Valley College
- VIDEO: SolFocus CPV Story
- Analysis of Energy Production at a 1 MW CPV Site in Southern California
- Analysis Of Soiling Rates At The Victor Valley Community College CPV Site
- Experience from Reliability Field Trails
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