Saturday, August 28, 2010

CPS signs solar power agreement - Philadelphia Business Journal:

http://paper-planet.ru/1.html
The 27-megawatt solar project knowbn as Western Ranch is being developedcby Houston-based using the SunCatcher power syste m manufactured by its sister Stirling Energy Systems. This will be the first Texasd project forTessera Solar, which currentlt has 1,500 megawatts of projects in Californiaa situated in Imperial Valley and the Mojaved Desert. “This marks our firsg purchase of solar-generated energy, and we look for it to be the star of a successful solar program for many yearsto come,” says CPS Energ y CEO Milton B. Lee. “Solar will complemeny our diversified approach toproducing electricity.
We look forwars to working with Tessera to help satisfyour customers’ electric need s in Greater San Antonio.” CPS announced last summer its commitment to pursued up to 100 megawattes of resource capacity from solatr energy. The Western Ranch Solar project is expected to breakm ground in summer 2010 with the first units expectedd to come online by the endof 2010. The projecft will be comprisedof 1,080 SunCatcherf dishes and will create an estimated 100 construction jobs and up to 20 permaneny jobs. CPS Energy of San Antonio is the nation’s largest municipally owned energy company providing both natural gas andelectricx service.

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