commentTessera Solar and Stirling Energy Systems unveiled the Maricopa Solar Power Plant, the first commercial project for the SunCatcher concentrating technology. The project’s 60 dishes will provide 1.5 MW of renewable energy to SRP customers in Greater Phoenix.
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The Maricopa Solar Power Plant is located in Peoria, next to the Agua Fria Generating Station.
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The highly-efficient SES SunCatcher is a 25-kilowatt solar power system which uses a 38-ft, mirrored parabolic dish combined with an automatic tracking system to collect and focus the sun’s energy onto a Stirling engine to convert the solar thermal energy into grid quality electricity.
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