Duke Energy Renewables has acquired the 150MW North Rosamond solar project in Kern County, California from Clearway Energy Group.
Construction is nearly complete and the project is expected to achieve commercial operation in early May.
The energy generated will be sold to Southern California Edison under a 15-year agreement.
The North Rosamond project will be the largest solar project in Duke Energy Renewables’ fleet, supplying enough power for 71,000 homes.
The project employed as many as 500 individuals during the peak construction period.
The facility’s design, procurement of PV modules, inverters, balance of plant systems and construction of the project is being performed by First Solar Electric California’s engineering, procurement and construction subsidiary under a fixed-price EPC agreement for the project.
The North Rosamond PV asset is Duke Energy Renewables’ sixth solar generation facility in Kern County.
The US Bancorp Community Development Corporation, the tax credit division of US Bank, M&T Bank’s Commercial Equipment Finance Group and Guardian Life Insurance Company of America provided tax equity financing to the project.