Victor Valley College Solar Farm

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
CountryUnited States
LocationVictorville, California
Coordinates34°28′49″N 117°15′29″W
StatusOperational
Commission date2010
Owner(s)Victor Valley Community College
Solar farm
TypeCPV
Site area6.0 acres (2 ha)
Power generation
Units operational122 Solfocus SF-1100S
Nameplate capacity1.26 MWp, 1.02 MWAC
Capacity factor25% (average 2011-2016)
Annual net output2.2 GW·h, 370 MW·h/acre

Electricity production
Generation (MW·h) of Victor Valley CC CPV Solar[7]
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecTotal
2010639617551448201172642691
2011211416427133342836837926220974702675
2012879194281386417361284266209107782671
201340821401471662111992682612312302402216
201472821441711962182012182121921591091974
2015921161711921931982052081711441341101935
201664107118137171164191188166140120881654
2017434890961221331211121049659621086
20185273831041261351171181118860481115
201956659811411914414213911410567431206
202071969411915515517514511410583661376
Average Annual Production for years 2011-2016:2,190

See also

References
  1. "Concentrating Photovoltaic Project Under Way at California College". 18 March 2010.
  2. "Solar goes to college". 9 April 2012.
  3. "Victorville campus to unveil high-efficiency solar project". Los Angeles Times. 25 May 2010.
  4. "1MW CPV Solar Project".
  5. "SolFocus CPV Introduction" (PDF).
  6. "CPV Projects-Victor Valley College".
  7. "Victor Valley CC Solar, Monthly". Electricity Data Browser. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved January 11, 2019.


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