Sep 8, 2015 - of generation that are affordable, reliable, diverse and safe. Power Your Solar IQ. 800 acres â or the e
Luminant Plugs in to Solar In late 2016, Luminant will add 116 megawatts of solar power generated by SunEdison’s new Castle Gap solar facility, continuing its legacy of supporting sources of generation that are affordable, reliable, diverse and safe.
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x 100
485,000
photovoltaic solar panels
800 acres — or the
will be installed at
equivalent of 600
Castle Gap. Arranged
football fields — will
end-to-end they would
be utilized for the solar
stretch 3 million feet —
facility.
or roughly the distance from Dallas to El Paso.
x 1 million
In the first year, 320,000 megawatt hours will be purchased by Luminant — enough to keep nearly 4 million 60-watt equivalent LED lightbulbs lit 24/7 for one year.
x 1,000
#1 Luminant’s power purchase agreement with SunEdison is the largest in the nation for a merchant generator operating in a competitive market.
116 megawatts will be purchased by Luminant — enough to power 58,000 homes in normal conditions and 23,200 homes in periods of peak demand.
