First Solar Completes 2MW Solar Power Plant for Southern California Edison (SCE)

December 2, 2008 – Vol.13 No.37

First Solar Completes 2MW Solar Power Plant for Southern California Edison (SCE).

This 600,000-square-foot rooftop installation on a distribution warehouse roof in Fontana, California is the first project in SCE’s announced plan to install 250MW and of solar generating capacity on large commercial rooftops throughout Southern California over the next five years. Up to 150 installations are planned. The project could eventually cover two square miles of existing commercial roofs with 250 million watts of peak generating capacity – equivalent to building several utility-scale solar power plants.

First Solar engineered the rooftop system, manufactured the solar modules and supplied the balance-of-system equipment for this SCE landmark project.

Under a formal bid process, SCE also selected of First Solar for the second project of its 250MW rooftop initiative. The second project will be a 1MW project installed on a commercial building in Chino, California.

“SCE is leading the energy sector with its innovative strategy to use commercial rooftops in highly populated areas for new solar generation installations, selecting sites where customer peak demand is highest,” said John Carrington, Executive Vice President of Global Marketing and Business Development. “SCE’s 250MW solar rooftop initiative brings essential energy sources to the grid quickly, supports California’s economy with new green jobs and protects our environment by developing more clean solar energy for Californians.”

First Solar, Inc., of Tempe, Arizona, manufactures solar modules with an advanced thin film semiconductor technology and provides comprehensive photovoltaic (PV) solutions.

Southern California Edison is the largest electric utility in California, serving a population of more than 13 million via 4.8 million customer accounts in a 50,000-square-mile service area within Central, Coastal and Southern California. SCE is an Edison International company(12/1/08)

Links:

First Solar
http:///www.firstsolar.com

Edison International
http://www.edison.com

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