Coming soon: 20 MW solar installation
Fuel type: solar photovoltaic
Net capacity: 20 megawatts
Commercial operations: early 2020
Operations
- Facility will cover approximately 150 acres
- TBA silicon photovoltaic panels
- Single-Axis tracking system
- Battery will store up to 2 megawatt hours of solar energy and discharge at a rate of 1 megawatt when the sun isn't shining
- More details here
Energy production
- Power will be purchased from DEPCOM Power
- Platte River receives full energy output of project
- Will generate power for approximately 4,000 homes per year
Environmental
- Non-Carbon resource
- Zero process water use
Rawhide Flats Solar
Fuel type: solar photovoltaic
Net capacity: 30 megawatts
Commercial operations: Fall 2016
Operations
- Facility covers approximately 185 acres
- Total of 117,120 photovoltaic panels
- Single-Axis tracking system
- Will generate power for approximately 6,000 homes per year
Costs
- Power is purchased from Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG)
- Platte River receives full energy output of project
Environmental
- Non-Carbon resource
- Zero process water use