First Solar will build two solar facilities totalling 550 megawatts (MW) of capacity: The 250MW Desert Sunlight project near Desert Center, and the 300MW Stateline project in northeastern San Bernardino County. Both projects are located east of Los Angeles. They are expected to generate 1.2 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually.
The thin-film PV projects would dwarf any current PV projects, though several other large installations have been announced.
