Seattle: The California Valley Solar Ranch, a 250MW PV plant that NRG Solar is buying from SunPower, has been offered a $1.187bn loan guarantee from the Department of Energy (DOE).. The guarantee would cover lenders if companies are unable to repay loans for the project.
While SunPower is named as the project sponsor, the PV manufacturer and project developer reached a deal through which NRG Energy subsidiary NRG Solar will own and finance the facility, which is expected to cost $1.7bn,