The Desert Green Solar Farm is a 8.8 MWp (6.3 MWAC) concentrator photovoltaics (CPV) power station in Borrego Springs, California.

It was built by Blattner Energy using 299 dual-axis CX-S530 systems, each of which contains 12 CX-M500 modules.

Desert Green Solar Farm

Each module contains 2,400 Fresnel lenses to concentrate sunlight 500 times onto multi-junction solar cells, allowing a greater efficiency than other photovoltaic power plants.

Desert Green Solar Farm

The output is being sold to San Diego Gas & Electric under a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement.

Desert Green Solar Farm

Electricity production

See also

Touwsrivier CPV Solar Project

Newberry Springs CPV Power Plant

Solar power in California

Solar power in the United States

Renewable portfolio standard

References

External links

RRC Power & Energy Surveying International - Desert Green Solar Field

Helix Environmental Planning - Desert Green Solar Project

Photovoltaic power stations in the United States

Solar power stations in California

Solar power in the Mojave Desert