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Sempra Generation Completes North America's Largest Thin-Film’ Solar Power Installation

 

PG&E Purchases New Project’s Output

 

December 22, 2008, San Diego, CA  – Sempra Generation, a subsidiary of Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE), todayannounced the completion of the company’s first solar energy project, a 10-megawatt (MW) photovoltaic power-generation facility adjacent to the company’s existing 480-megawatt El Dorado Energy power plant near Boulder City, Nev., about 40 miles southeast of Las Vegas.

The El Dorado Energy Solar project is the largest operational thin-film, solar-power project in North America.  Construction began in July 2008, and involved the installation of more than 167,000 solar modules on 80 acres of desert property designated as a renewable energy zone and leased from Boulder City.

 

Sempra Generation also announced it has entered into a 20-year power purchase agreement for the new project’s entire output with Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), the utility serving northern and central California.   The contract is subject to approval by the California Public Utilities Commission. 
 

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