Concentrating PV (CPV) technology provider Soitec has been picked to supply systems for one of the largest projects yet to use a combination of concentrating optics and high-efficiency solar cells. It also plans to build a factory in San Diego.. Tenaska Solar Ventures is developing the 150MW Imperial Solar Energy Center (ISEC) West in Imperial County, southern California..

The project has a 25-year power-purchase agreement with utility San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), which is building a major transmission project to reach anticipated solar and wind projects in the Imperial Valley..

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