SunPower Corp. (Nasdaq: SPWRA) today announced an agreement with Iberdrola Renewables (IBR.MC) to design and build a 20-megawatts (MW) photovoltaic solar power plant, Copper Crossing, on 144 acres of former private agricultural land in Pinal County, Arizona.
The plant, which began construction this month and is expected to create approximately 200 solar jobs during construction, will be fully operational in 2011.
Last month, SunPower announced an agreement to design and build a 30-MW solar power plant for Iberdrola Renewables in Alamosa County, Colo.
Iberdrola Renewables is developing Copper Crossing, and will own and operate it. The company will sell the electricity under a long-term contract to utility provider Salt River Project for distribution on the region’s utility grid.
"We are excited to enter the U.S. solar business by building our first 50 megawatts with SunPower," said Martin Mugica, executive vice president of Iberdrola Renewables.
The plant marks the first use of SunPower’s Oasis™ Power Plant product, a modular solar power block that is engineered to rapidly and cost-effectively deploy utility-scale solar projects while optimizing land use. Each power block integrates the SunPower® T0 Tracker with SunPower’s E19 series solar panels, pre-manufactured system cabling, and other advanced features. The power block kits are shipped pre-assembled to the job site for rapid field installation.
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