Avra Valley Solar Generating Station

Avra Valley Solar
Country	United States
Location	Avra Valley
Coordinates	32°22′N111°17′W / 32.367°N 111.283°W / 32.367; -111.283
Status	Operational
Commission date	December 13, 2012
Owner	NRG Solar
Operator	Avra Valley Sola
Solar farm
Type	Flat-panel PV
Site area	320 acres
Power generation
Units operational	400,000
Nameplate capacity	34 MW

Avra Valley Solar is a 34 MW (DC, 25 MW AC) photovoltaic power plant in Avra Valley, Pima County, Arizona, owned by NRG. It uses single axis tracking that is designed to be maintenance free over the twenty year design life of the system. The panels are mounted on a north-south axis and rotate each day to follow the sun from sunrise to sunset, increasing the output by about 20%. Power is being sold to Tucson Electric Power in a 20-year power purchase agreement. ^{[1] [2]}

Production

Generation (MW·h) of Avra Valley Solar ^[3]

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
2012												2,125	2,125
2013	4,208	5,074	6,694	7,948	8,475	8,847	6,820	6,126	6,571	6,475	4,381	4,193	75,812
2014	4,539	4,602	6,868	7,377	8,323	8,680	6,812	7,042	5,935	5,815	4,698	3,463	74,154
2015	3,721	4,929	6,561	7,644		7,602	6,703	6,837	5,591	5,214		3,575	58,377
2016	4,118	5,492	6,886	7,349	8,663	7,599	7,953	7,104	5,856	5,798	4,480	3,548	74,846
Total													285,314

See also

• Arizona portal
• Renewable energy portal

• Solar power in Arizona

References

1. Avra Valley plant harvesting power of sun instead of cotton
2. Avra Valley Project
3. "Avra Valley Solar, Monthly". Electricity Data Browser. Energy Information Administration . Retrieved March 8, 2017.