Catalina Solar Project

{{Short description|Photovoltaic power station in California}}

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| name = Catalina Solar Project

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| coordinates = {{coord|34|55|51|N|118|20|06|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| country = United States

| location = Kern County, California

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| construction_began = May 2012

| commissioned = Phase 1: December 2012,
phase 2: August 2013

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| owner = {{Proper name|enXco}}

| operator = {{Proper name|enXco}}

| solar_type = PV

| ps_units_operational = >1.1 million

| ps_site_area = {{convert|445|ha|acre|0|abbr=on}}[http://www.edf-re.com/files/uploads/Catalina_Profile_9-2012.pdf "Catalina Solar Project - Project Profile"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209101104/http://www.edf-re.com/files/uploads/Catalina_Profile_9-2012.pdf |date=2014-12-09 }} (PDF). EDF Renewable Energy. August 2012. Retrieved November 6, 2013.

| ps_electrical_capacity = 143.2 MW

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The Catalina Solar Project is a 143.2 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic power station located near Bakersfield, Kern County, California, owned by {{Proper name|enXco}}, an EDF Énergies Nouvelles Company. It covers an area of {{convert|445|ha}}.

Construction began in May, 2012 and was fully completed in August, 2013. It uses thin-film PV panels bought from Solar Frontier (CIGS type) and First Solar (CdTe type).

Phase 1 had a nameplate capacity of 60 MW and was connected to the grid in December, 2012.

{{Proper name|enXco}} has signed a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) for the production from the station.[http://www.edf-re.com/projects/detail/catalina_solar_project/ "Project Detail - Catalina Solar Project"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130102120708/http://www.edf-re.com/projects/detail/catalina_solar_project/ |date=2013-01-02 }}. EDF Renewable Energy. 2013. Retrieved November 6, 2013.

That clean electricity could offset roughly 74,000 tons of carbon emissions each year.