Climate Changed
NRG Completes Solar Farm for Cisco's California Headquarters
The sun reflects off of solar modules at the Southern California Edison (SCE) solar array in Porterville, California, U.S., on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011. The photovoltaic array, which consists of 29,426 solar panels, will be capable of producing 6.7 Megawatts (MW) of renewable energy when it goes online on Feb. 24.
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NRG Energy Inc., the largest independent U.S. power producer, completed a 20-megawatt solar farm in California that supplies power for Cisco Systems Inc.’s headquarters.
The Blythe II solar farm in the Sonoran Desert has a 20-year power purchase agreement with Cisco, Princeton, New Jersey-based NRG said in a statement Thursday. Cisco will also get all of Blythe II’s renewable energy credits. Terms weren’t disclosed.