The CVSR, which is one of the largest central station photovoltaic solar plants in the world, is expected to be fully operational by the end of 2013.
NRG, which fully owns the project, acquired it in 2011. SunPower has designed the project, and will jointly operate it with NRG for the first two years, before handing it over to the latter.
Bechtel is providing balance of plant engineering and procurement services and construction services.
Electricity from CVSR is being sold to PG&E through 25-year power purchase agreements. The project can power a yearly average of 100,000 homes.
NRG Solar west region president Tom Doyle said, "The private sector’s role is to demonstrate successful performance that speeds commercialization of technology on time and on budget and that’s what we’re doing at CVSR and all of NRG’s major solar projects."
