Project Location: Chaparral, New Mexico
Project Owner: SunE EPE1, LLC
Fuel Source: Solar
Project Capacity: 10 MW
Commercial Operation Date: June 2012
Project Description
The El Chaparral Solar Farm, located on more than 140 acres in Chaparral, New Mexico, is a 10 MW polycrystalline solar farm that began commercial operation in June 2012. The facility is ground-mounted on Azimuth trackers with single-axis capability. It consists of more than 40,300 solar panels that are designed to produce more than 27 million kilowatt hours of energy annually, which EPE purchases under a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement with SunE EPE1, LLC. This amount of energy is enough to serve the needs of 3,300 homes on an annual basis.
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