Total and SunPower Corp. on May 23rd,
2016 announced that SunPower has signed a power purchase agreement
(PPA) for the supply of 300 gigawatt hours (GWh) per year of solar power
to Metro of Santiago, Chile.
With this agreement, Metro of Santiago will
become the first public transportation system in the world to run mostly
on solar energy. Metro of Santiago currently serves 2.2 million
passengers per day.
The power will be generated from the El Pelícano
solar project, a 100-megawatt (AC) PV plant near the municipalities of
La Higuera (Coquimbo Region) and Vallenar (Atacama Region). Construction
of the PV plant will begin this year, with expected operation by the
end of 2017.
"This contract is expressing Chile's commitment for a
sustainable world. We are proud to partner with Metro in developing a
new way of powering public transportation systems through competitive,
reliable and clean energy," says Bernard Clément, senior vice president
of Business & Operations, of the New Energies division of Total.
"Solar is an ideal energy source for Chile because
of the country's high solar resource and transparent energy policies,”
added. Eduardo Medina, executive vice president, global power plants,
SunPower.
SunPower will design and build the PV project and provide operations and maintenance once it is operational.
The company will construct a SunPower “Oasis”
power plant system at the site. The Oasis system is a fully-integrated,
modular solar power block that is engineered for rapid and
cost-effective deployment of utility-scale solar projects while
optimizing land use. The technology includes robotic solar panel
cleaning capability that uses 75 percent less water than traditional
cleaning methods and can help improve system performance by up to 15
percent.
source: http://www.solarserver.com
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