Cogentrix’s Alamosa solar generating plant is placed on about 225 acres and consists of over 500 dual-axis, pedestal mounted tracker assemblies, each capable of producing approximately 60kW of electricity from the sun.
Construction of the solar power project was carried out by M.A. Mortenson Co.
The 30MW of solar power produced by the facility will be used by the customers of Public Service Company of Colorado, a subsidiary of Xcel Energy.
Each tracker assembly is 70ft wide by 50ft high and includes 7,560 Fresnel lenses that concentrate sunlight by a multiple of 500 onto multijunction solar cells developed originally as part of the US space program, the company said.
Cogentrix president Tom Bonner said, "Cogentrix has a long history of developing, constructing, and operating power plants employing a variety of technologies. We’re proud of the Alamosa Solar project and we are excited for what it means to Colorado, Xcel Energy and the US solar sector."
Cogentrix is a developer, owner and operator of independent power in North America.
