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]
| Crafton Hills College Solar Farm | |
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| Country | United States |
| Location | Yucaipa, California |
| Coordinates | 34°02′35″N 117°05′56″W / 34.04306°N 117.09889°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | 2012 |
| Owner | Crafton Hills College |
| Solar farm | |
| Type | CPV |
| Site area | 7.5 acres (3 ha) |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 140 Solfocus SF-1100S |
| Nameplate capacity | 1.61 MWp, 1.30 MWAC |
| Capacity factor | 14.5% (average 2013-2016) |
| Annual net output | 1.65 GW·h, 220 MW·h/acre |
Electricity production
edit| 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
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References
edit- ^ "Crafton Hills College receives award for solar farm construction". 19 July 2013.
- ^ "Rosendin-Crafton Hills College".
- ^ "SolFocus CPV Introduction" (PDF).[dead link]
- ^ "CPV Projects-Crafton Hills College". Archived from the original on 2019-01-08. Retrieved 2019-01-13.
- ^ "Crafton Hills College Solar Farm, Monthly". Electricity Data Browser. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
External links
edit- VIDEO: Crafton Hills College Solar Farm Aerial Footage
- Analysis of energy production at a 1 MW CPV site in southern California
- Analysis Of Soiling Rates At The Victor Valley Community College CPV Site
- Experience from reliability field trails
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