Agua Caliente solar project will be completed in 2014 and will provide enough clean, renewable solar energy to power around 225,000 homes.
First Solar designed and is constructing the project using its advanced thin-film photovoltaic modules.
MidAmerican Solar president Paul Caudill said Agua Caliente will provide a positive impact on the environment and create jobs.
"Projects such as Agua Caliente will play a central role in our nation’s long-term electric energy supply and in our national transition to cleaner energy sources," Caudill said.
First Solar will operate and maintain the solar facility for NRG and MidAmerican Solar.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company has a long-term power purchase agreement for all of the project’s generation, which is projected to offset about 5.5 million metric tons of carbon dioxide over 25 years, the equivalent of taking over 40,000 cars off the road annually.
US-based MidAmerican Solar is a subsidiary of MidAmerican Renewables.
