Blue Wing Solar Project

Solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant in San Antonio, Texas.

29°18′25″N 98°24′15″W / 29.30694°N 98.40417°W / 29.30694; -98.40417StatusOperationalCommission dateNovember 2010Owner(s)Duke EnergySolar farmTypeFlat-panel PVSite area46 ha (114 acres)Power generationNameplate capacity16.6 MW_p, 14.4 MW_ACCapacity factor19% (years 2011-2017)Annual net output24 GW·h, 210MW·h/acre

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The Blue Wing Solar Project is a 16.6 MW_p (14.4 MW_AC) solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant in San Antonio, Texas. It was one of the largest PV facilities in Texas when it came online in late 2010 and is owned by a Duke Energy Subsidiary.^[1]

Project Details

The project covers 113 acres (46 ha) near the intersection of highways IH 37 and U.S. 181.^[2] It has 214,500 solar photovoltaic modules manufactured by US firm First Solar that are mounted onto fixed-tilt (20deg) racks. The plant is expected to produce more than 26 GWh of electricity per year.^[3]

The installation also includes a 500-kilowatt demonstration facility where a variety of other thin film and crystalline silicon PV modules, as well as a concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) unit, have been installed for evaluation and comparison purposes.^[4]

Electricity Production

Generation (MW·h) of Blue Wing Solar Energy Generation ^[5]
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
2010											5,359	2,849	8,208
2011	614	1,521	2,148	2,920	3,423	3,988	3,393	3,554	2,644	2,183	1,216	1,035	28,639
2012	1,175	1,142	1,636	2,450	2,496	2,682	2,514	2,527	2,135	1,858	1,672	2,907	25,193
2013	1,293	1,662	2,476	2,006	2,428	2,346	2,498	2,538	2,095	1,922	1,243	1,179	23,688
2014	638	308	818	927	2,376	2,342	2,701	2,840	3,068	3,314	2,328	1,481	23,141
2015	1,080	1,089	1,394	1,453	1,439	2,235	2,556	2,717	2,327	1,994	1,220	2,464	21,969
2016	1,393	1,708	1,624	1,674	1,553	2,071	2,256	1,834	2,464	2,470	2,054	2,081	23,182
2017	675	866	1,561	1,976	2,554	2,472	2,588	2,337	1,953	2,180	1,663	1,769	22,594
Average Annual Production (years 2011-2017)													24,000

References

^ Downey, John (January 30, 2020). "Duke Energy's latest solar project is its biggest in Texas — but not for long". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
^ Texas' Largest Solar Project Breaks Ground In San Antonio Archived December 9, 2010, at the Wayback Machine (April 15, 2010), CPS Energy.
^ The Blue Wing Solar Project: “Truly Utility-Scale”
^ The Blue Wing Solar Project: 223,900 First Solar panels and 4,444 racks on 113 acres producing 16 megawatts, GreenTech Media, November 16, 2010
^ "Blue Wing Solar Energy Generation, Monthly". Electricity Data Browser. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved 7 February 2019.