2010年5月10日
里治威有限公司，美国电力协会与SunEdison 签署了2兆瓦的合同。
里治威公司电力协会(SMPA)已达成了一项协议,与SunEdison开发两个兆瓦特的太阳能光伏电站在科罗拉多州的诺伍德。该设施将是第一个在服务领域的大规模的太阳能发电厂。
“该公司是一家致力于提供我们成员和可再生能源的选择,”说SMPA总经理凯文-理特。“这个项目代表了我们的目标是提供能量,本地和再生的。”
太阳能光伏工厂将建在一个40英亩的土地面积上,科罗拉多州诺伍德亩土地的地积西部新的米格尔县东南。
SunEdison预计在2010年9月施工并于十二月完成。如果一切都按计划进行,它应该在2011年1月给SMPA住家和商店发送到电。太阳能电厂将占大约SMPA一年一度的负荷的2%。
SunEdison将安装模块,并将拥有和操作将自己的工厂。SMPA制定为期25年的合同，购买电力输出设备。
SMPA增加的费用是去购买这种再生能源将大约每年30万美元,大约有150毫升,或千瓦小时。阿密尔的十分之一的百分之一。光伏工厂将帮助SMPA满足其能源战略的目标。这是一个可持续能源的重要一步，我“这是一个重大步骤在相对较新的方向-理特说,“在过去的几年中取得了巨大的努力解决我们的会员对可再生能源的选择的要求。
尽管太阳电厂首次涉足首次在SMPA的服务领域,它不是该地区唯一的发电设备。三州、输电(三州)目前拥有并经营着传统的燃煤发电厂，它在附近Nucla。
“值得注意的是,发展的太阳能装置在西区的Nucla并不会受到影响。”
May 10, 2010
Ridgway, CO, USA: San Miguel Power Association Signs 2 MW Agreement with SunEdison
San Miguel Power Association, Inc. (SMPA) has entered into an agreement with SunEdison to develop a two megawatt solar photovoltaic power plant in Norwood, Colo. The facility will be the first large scale solar power generation plant in the co-op's service territory.
"San Miguel Power is committed to providing our members with renewable energy options," said SMPA general manager Kevin Ritter. "This project represents our goal to provide energy that is both local and renewable."
The solar PV plant will be located on a 40 acre plot of land in western San Miguel County, southeast of Norwood, Colo.
SunEdison anticipates breaking ground on the project in September 2010 with construction completed in December. If all goes as scheduled, it should be powering SMPA homes and businesses by January 2011. The solar plant will account for approximately 2% of SMPA's annual load.
SunEdison will install the modules and will own and operate the plant. SMPA has contracted to purchase the electricity output from the facility for a 25-year period.
The increased cost to SMPA to purchase this renewable energy will be about $300,000 per year, or about 1.5 mils per kWH. A mil is 1/10 of one cent. The PV plant will help SMPA meet one of its strategic energy goals. "This is a significant step in our relatively new direction towards sustainable energy," said Ritter. "In the past few years SMPA has made a tremendous effort to address our members' requests for renewable energy options."
Although the solar plant is the first of its kind in SMPA's service territory, it isn't the region's only electric generation facility. Tri-State Generation and Transmission (Tri-State) currently owns and operates a traditional coal fired power plant near Nucla, Colo.
"It's important to note that the development of the solar facility in the West End will not impact the Nucla station," explained Ritter. "The PV plant will work in tandem with Tri-State's facility to power the daily lives of our members."
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