PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The SolarWorld plant in Oregon has won a $32 million contract for a system that could power more than 2,000 homes in Los Angeles.
The Oregonian reports the German-based company is working with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to develop the 11.6-megawatt system.
The utility will also help install the solar panels, which will be manufactured at the SolarWorld plant and U.S. headquarters in suburban Hillsboro.
The solar array will be located at a high-desert switching station that serves as the southern end of a transmission system that links Southern California with wind farms and with coal-fired plants in Utah.
