Wednesday, July 11, 2012

CPS signs solar power agreement - Philadelphia Business Journal:

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The 27-megawatt solar project known as Wester Ranch is being developexby Houston-based using the SunCatcher power syste manufactured by its sister company, Stirlingg Energy Systems. This will be the first Texass project forTessera Solar, which currently has 1,500 megawatts of projects in California situated in Imperial Valley and the Mojave Desert. “This marks our firsf purchase of solar-generated energy, and we look for it to be the startr of a successful solat program for many years to says CPS Energy CEOMilton B. Lee.
“Solar will complementr our diversified approach to producing We look forward to working with Tessersa to help satisfyour customers’ electric needs in Greaterr San Antonio.” CPS announced last summer its commitment to pursued up to 100 megawatts of resourcwe capacity from solar The Western Ranch Solar project is expected to breamk ground in summer 2010 with the firstf units expected to come online by the end of 2010. The projectt will be comprisedof 1,080 SunCatcher dishes and will creatwe an estimated 100 construction jobs and up to 20 permanenyt jobs.
CPS Energy of San Antonilo is the nation’s largest municipally owned energyy company providing both natural gas andelectric service.

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