El Dorado Solar Power Plant
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The 10 megawatt El Dorado Solar Power Plant is a photovoltaic facility located in Boulder City, Nevada
, completed in 2008.
The power from El Dorado Solar Power Plant (and the adjacent Copper Mountain Solar Facility
) has been sold to Pacific Gas & Electric under separate 20-year contracts.
Boulder City, Nevada
Boulder City is a city in Clark County, Nevada, United States. It is approximately from the City of Las Vegas. As of the 2010 census the population of Boulder City was 15,023.Boulder City is one of only two cities in Nevada that prohibit gambling....
, completed in 2008.
The power from El Dorado Solar Power Plant (and the adjacent Copper Mountain Solar Facility
Copper Mountain Solar Facility
The Copper Mountain Solar Facility is a 48 megawatt solar photovoltaic power plant in Boulder City, Nevada. Sempra Generation announced on December 1, 2010 that it had finished the project and the facility was generating electricity...
) has been sold to Pacific Gas & Electric under separate 20-year contracts.
See also
- List of concentrating solar thermal power companies
- List of photovoltaic power stations
- List of solar thermal power stations
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