Chevron installed concentrating photovoltaic technology, that uses lenses to collect and focus direct sunlight onto layers of high efficiency cells, on the tailing site of the company’s molybdenum mine in Questa.
The Questa solar field encompasses 173 solar trackers spread over 20 acres.
The field includes Soitec’s concentrating photovoltaic solar system, which has the capacity to generate 1MW of electricity, enough to power about 300 Mexican homes.
Chevron Mining signed a power purchase agreement with Kit Carson Electric Cooperative to sell the electricity produced by the solar facility.
Coal and metal mining company Chevron Mining is a subsidiary of Chevron Corp and sister company Chevron Technology Ventures, a division of Chevron USA.
