Muscle Shoals Solar PV Park is a 294MW solar PV power project. It is located in Alabama, the US. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in a single phase. The project construction commenced in 2020 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in September 2021. Buy the profile here.

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Description

The project was developed by First Solar and Longroad Energy Holdings. The project is currently owned by Orsted with a stake of 100%.

Muscle Shoals Solar PV Park is a ground-mounted solar project which is spread over an area of 2,432 acres.

Development status

The project construction commenced in 2020 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in September 2021.

Power purchase agreement

The power generated from the project is sold to Tennessee Valley Authority under a power purchase agreement for a period of 20 years. The contracted capacity is 227MW.

Contractors involved

Swinerton Renewable Energy was selected to render engineering procurement construction services for the solar PV power project.

First Solar was selected as the supplier of the PV modules for the project. The company installed 670,000 modules at the site.

The inverters were procured from Power Electronics USA for the project.

The project is utilising single axis trackers supplied by NEXTracker.

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About First Solar

First Solar Inc (First Solar) is a provider of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems. It designs, manufactures and sells PV solar modules. The company produces solar systems using cadmium telluride (CdTe) technology. First Solar also offers solar PV power systems, and operational and maintenance services to system owners. Its proprietary, vertically integrated process converts glass sheets into solar panels. The company serves utilities, commercial and industrial companies, independent power producers, and other system owners in Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and North America. The company has solar module manufacturing facilities in the US, Malaysia, and Vietnam. First Solar is headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, the US.

About Longroad Energy Holdings

Longroad Energy Holdings LLC (Longroad Energy) is a company that develops renewable energy projects, as well as provides asset management and operations services. The company is headquartered in United States.

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This information is drawn from GlobalData’s Power Intelligence Center, which provides detailed profiles of over 170,000 active, planned and under construction power plants worldwide from announcement through to operation across all technologies and countries worldwide.