Crafton Hills College Solar Farm

Crafton Hills College Solar Farm
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CountryUnited States
LocationYucaipa, California
Coordinates34°02′35″N 117°05′56″W / 34.04306°N 117.09889°W / 34.04306; -117.09889
StatusOperational
Commission date2012
OwnerCrafton Hills College
Solar farm
TypeCPV
Site area7.5 acres (3 ha)
Power generation
Units operational140 Solfocus SF-1100S
Nameplate capacity1.61 MWp, 1.30 MWAC
Capacity factor14.5% (average 2013-2016)
Annual net output1.65 GW·h, 220 MW·h/acre
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The Crafton Hills College Solar Farm is a 1.61 MWp (1.30 MWAC) concentrator photovoltaics (CPV) power station in Yucaipa, California. [1] It was built by Rosendin Electric using 140 dual-axis SF-1100S systems, each of which contains 28 SF-1100 modules. [2] Each module contains reflective optics to concentrate sunlight 650 times onto multi-junction solar cells, allowing a greater efficiency than other photovoltaic power plants. [3] The farm was constructed under California Solar Initiative (CSI) incentives and the projected annual output of 2.7 GW·h partially satisfies electricity consumption at the college. [4]

Electricity production

Generation (MW·h) of Crafton Hills College Solar Farm[5]
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
2012 210 181 143 134 105 54 39 866
2013 26 54 92 97 109 139 131 177 172 152 151 158 1460
2014 46 52 92 109 125 138 128 138 135 122 101 69 1255
2015 100 126 184 207 208 214 222 224 185 156 145 119 2090
2016 70 117 129 150 186 179 209 206 181 153 131 96 1806
2017 -16 -17 -33 -35 -44 -48 -44 -41 -38 -35 -22 -23 -394
2018 37 52 60 75 90 97 84 85 80 63 43 35 803
2019 70 81 123 144 150 181 178 175 143 131 84 54 1514
2020 71 96 94 118 154 154 174 144 113 104 83 65 1368
Average Annual Production for years 2013-2016: 1,650

See also

References

  1. ^ "Crafton Hills College receives award for solar farm construction". 19 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Rosendin-Crafton Hills College".
  3. ^ "SolFocus CPV Introduction" (PDF).[dead link‍]
  4. ^ "CPV Projects-Crafton Hills College". Archived from the original on 2019-01-08. Retrieved 2019-01-13.
  5. ^ "Crafton Hills College Solar Farm, Monthly". Electricity Data Browser. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved October 31, 2019.


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