Canadian Solar Inc. announced the commercial operation September 26 of the 200 MWac/258 MWp Tranquillity solar power project in California, developed by Canadian Solar's wholly owned subsidiary Recurrent Energy.
Electricity and the associated renewable energy credits (RECs) produced by the Tranquillity solar facility will be sold under long-term power purchase agreements to offtakers including Southern California Edison (SCE).
The facility is majority-owned by Southern Company subsidiary Southern Power. Canadian Solar retains 49 percent ownership of the facility.
The following day, Canadian Solar Inc. and Recurrent Energy announced a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement for 100 MWac of solar power in California with MCE, California's first operating Community Choice Aggregation program.
Power from Tranquillity 8, located in Fresno County, California, will supply MCE with 100 MWac of clean solar electricity, which is sufficient to power 48,300 homes. Construction of the project is expected to begin in 2017 and the project will begin providing power to MCE by late 2018.
And on September 29, Canadian Solar Inc. announced commercial operation of the 60 MWac/78 MWp Barren Ridge solar photovoltaic project, also developed by Recurrent Energy. The Barren Ridge solar project, also known as the RE Cinco project, supplies electricity and associated renewable energy credits to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power under a long-term power purchase agreement.
In addition to building the Barren Ridge solar project, Recurrent Energy constructed two miles of generation transmission lines to connect the solar project to LADWP's Barren Ridge Switching Station.
See also the special feature on Canadian Solar in IPPSO FACTO, August 2016.