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21 February 2008 -- Arizona Public Service Co. said it plans to build a 280 MW concentrating solar power plant 70 miles southwest of Phoenix for more than $1 billion, or $3,570/kW. The plant will be named the Solana Generating Station and is expected to be fully operational by 2011. It will be built by Abengoa Solar Inc., a Spanish company.
The project is more than two-years in the making and will be the first of many in the state, said Don Brandt, APS president. Brandt takes over as CEO on March 1.
The plant will be built on three square miles and will be filled with 2,700 parabolic mirrors that will track sunlight. The reflective sunlight will heat circulating fluid to more than 735 F, which then will power conventional steam generators.
The plant also will help APS reach its Arizona Corporation Commission-mandated 15 percent renewable energy requirement by 2025. Matched with the utility's other renewable energy plants, now at about 131 MW.
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