The solar power system will be constructed on the Tucson city-owned, former agricultural land located within Tucson Water Department’s underground water storage and recovery facility, approximately 20 miles west of downtown Tucson.
The solar system will be constructed with the assistance from the Trico Electric SunWatts renewable energy program.
The system is expected to be completed in March 2011 and double the solar power system capacity hosted by the city.
SunPower has signed a power purchase agreement with the city of Tucson to finance this project.
Under the agreement, Wells Fargo will finance and own the system that SunPower designs, builds, operates and maintains.
Trico Electric, the utility serving the site, will provide additional funding via its SunWatts renewable energy incentive program.
The city will host the system and buy the electricity produced by it, while Trico Electric Cooperative will purchase the renewable energy credits associated with the system.
