When SunPower announced the SunPower Oasis Power Plant in May 2010, we made a commitment to develop the industry’s most cost-optimized and scalable solar power plant solution. Now, as we’ve begun our first deployment of a U.S. Oasis power plant in Arizona and have recently contracted with Southern California Edison to deliver 711 MW of power by 2016 (enough to power nearly half a million California homes), we want to share additional details about Oasis and how it simplifies PV power plant development.
In the following two-part video blog series, Matt Campbell, Director of Utility Products and Market Development at SunPower, shares a general overview behind the concept of the Oasis Power Plant, detailing the benefits and advantages for utilities, developers and investors, and discussing how SunPower technology can streamline the deployment process for a solar power plant from the ground to the grid.
In this first segment, Campbell outlines the reasoning behind Oasis plants, claiming:
“The core focus of Oasis is scalability. So when we conceived of this program, and we looked at the future of photovoltaic power plants, what we saw is that the current approach to building PV power plants wasn’t scalable in the size and scale of the market.”
Campbell goes on to say, "Every power plant is different. And we really wanted to get to the next level of cost reduction, long-term operation and maintenance, and overall speed and construction. We believe that you need a modular approach to the problem. And that’s what Oasis provides.”
Next week, Campbell will explain the advantages of the Oasis Power Plant solution for utilities, solar power plant developers and investors. If you have questions or would like more information, please join the discussion in our community on Facebook (www.facebook.com/sunpower) and follow us on Twitter (@SunPower) for the latest solar PV technology updates.
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