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New 10-Megawatt Sunpower Solar Plant Generating Power for OG&E

Oklahoma City and San Jose, USA - OGE Energy electric utility subsidiary Oklahoma Gas & Electric (OG&E) and Sunpower announced completion of a 10-megawatt solar photovoltaic power plant in Covington, Oklahoma.

"With Covington online, we now have 12.5-megawatts of solar generation in our portfolio, all of which has been presold to customers who want the benefits of solar power," said OG&E Chief Operating Officer Keith Mitchell. "Along with our solar facility in Mustang, Oklahoma, Covington helps us continue to learn how solar can complement our other generation sources to provide reliable and low-cost power to our customers."

The Sunpower Oasis Plant system was installed at the 80-acre site by Moss Solar, a division of the construction firm Moss. As Sunpower points out, the Oasis system is a complete power plant solution that installs quickly to maximize value for customers. Product features include 50 percent fewer parts than conventional solar tracking systems, an integrated design that streamlines construction and reduces operations and maintenance costs, and cost-effective, high efficiency solar panels, which produce more energy than conventional solar panels over the lifetime of the system. SunPower is now providing operations and maintenance services at the site.

The Covington solar plant is anticipated to generate enough electricity to serve the needs of over 1,000 average Oklahoma homes, based on estimates provided by the Solar Energy Industries Association. OG&E owns the renewable energy credits associated with the system. According to Sunpower approximately 85 jobs were created during peak construction of the facility.



Source: IWR Online, 15 Mar 2018

 


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