SDG+E Signs Second Contract with LS Power

San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), and energy providing company has announced the signing of its second 20 year power purchase agreement with an auxiliary company of LS Power a power generation and transmission company to purchase up to 45 MW solar power from their projected Centinela Solar Energy facility, to be constructed 90 miles east of San Diego in imperial valley of California.

Earlier during May this year SDG&E has signed a contract to buy 130 MW from the project thus purchase a total of 175 MW clean renewable energy to light up more than 60,000 homes.

The Centinela Solar Energy facility expected to be completed during the year 2014 will transfer the produced solar power to other SDG&E service locations by utilizing the proposed Sunrise Powerlink, a newly laid 500 kW 120 mile power transmission line designed to augment the consistency of power in the region and to exploit the renewable energy resources from the imperial valley of California. The new power line expected to completed in the year 2012 will carry up to 1,000 MW power load.

The newly signed to contract will enable the Centinela Solar Energy facility to deploy PV technology in a 1350 acre solar farm located near Calexico California and produce a peak output of 175 MW solar power. The contract ends during the year 2034.