The US renewables unit of the Portuguese energy company applied to the California Energy Commission (CEC) in November 2008 for permission to build San Joaquin Solar 1 and 2 in Fresno County. Also that year, the developer contracted to sell the plant’s expected annual output of 774,000MWh – suggesting a capacity factor above 80% – to giant California utility Pacific Gas & Electric under a 20-year power purchase agreement.
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