Seven Sisters Solar Project is a 22.6 MWp (20.2 MWAC)
photovoltaic power station
A photovoltaic power station, also known as a solar park, solar farm, or solar power plant, is a large-scale grid-connected photovoltaic power system (PV system) designed for the supply of merchant power. They are different from most building ...
consisting of seven units dispersed across Beaver County and
Iron County, Utah
Iron County is a county in southwestern Utah, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 57,289. Its county seat is Parowan, and the largest city is Cedar City. The Cedar City, UT Micropolitan Statistical Area i ...
. The project was developed by
SunEdison
SunEdison, Inc. (formerly MEMC Electronic Materials) is a renewable energy company headquartered in the U.S. In addition to developing, building, owning, and operating solar power plants and wind energy plants, it also manufactures high-purity ...
The project consists of seven separate units distributed on private land at sunny and cool elevations near 6,000 feet.
Planning for the project was initiated by the independent renewable energy developer
First Wind
First Wind was an independent renewable energy company. It developed and operated utility-scale power projects in the United States. At its height, First Wind employed more than 220 workers.
Headquartered in Boston, the company developed and ope ...
(founded 2002) which began expanding into photovoltaic energy around 2012. First Wind and its extensive portfolio of assets in western Utah were acquired by SunEdison and its TerraForm Power yield co in November 2014.
Construction of Seven Sisters began several months later in April 2015. Construction progressed simultaneously at all seven sites, created 135 construction jobs at the peak, and was completed by September 2015. The electricity is expected to power more than 4,000 homes. The project is operated and maintained by TerraForm Power.
SunEdison filed for Chapter 11
bankruptcy
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protection on April 21, 2016. TerraForm retained ownership of the already completed Seven Sisters facility following the restructuring.
See also
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Solar power in Utah
The U.S. state of Utah has the solar potential to provide all of the Electricity in the United States, electricity used in the United States.List of power stations in Utah