10 MW Solar PV System Set for Oklahoma
David Wagman | July 18, 2017Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co. and SunPower Corp. will build a 10 megawatt (AC) solar power plant in Covington, Okla. Construction is set to start in August.
SunPower will design and build a SunPower Oasis system, which will contain 50 percent fewer parts than other solar plant systems, an integrated solar tracker design that helps to reduce operations and maintenance costs and SunPower P-Series solar panels. According to SunPower, those panels produce more energy than conventional solar panels over the lifetime of the system.
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SunPower will provide operations and maintenance services once the plant begins commercial operation, which is expected in early 2018.
The utility's parent, OG&E, will own the renewable energy credits associated with the system.
