PG&E Signs 800 MW in Solar PV Deals with OptiSolar & SunPower

San Francisco, United States [RenewableEnergyWorld.com]

Pacific Gas and Electric Company announced that it has entered into two utility-scale, solar photovoltaic (PV) power contracts with a total capacity of 800 megawatts (MW). The deals could deliver cumulatively 1.65 billion kilowatt-hours of renewable energy annually.

PG&E entered into an agreement with Topaz Solar Farms LLC, a subsidiary of OptiSolar Inc., for 550 MW of thin-film solar PV solar power. The utility also signed a contract with High Plains Ranch II, LLC, a subsidiary of SunPower Corporation, for 250 MW of solar PV power....read more