More than three years after announcing the project, construction work is finally set to begin on NRG Energy and SunPower’s record-breaking 250MW (AC) California Valley Solar Ranch in San Luis Obispo county.
A groundbreaking ceremony for the project, which will be one of the largest in the world when completed, takes place November 10, with company management from NRG and SunPower, as well as several local dignitaries, attending. The first phase of development is scheduled to go online next spring and will add 25MW.
The remaining 225MW will be added over the following two years, creating 350 construction jobs and injecting US$315 million in the local economy.