It uses approximately 8.8 million cadmium telluride modules made by the US thin-film manufacturer First Solar.
It has the same 550 MW installed capacity as the Topaz Solar Farm in the Carrizo Plain region of Central California, making both of them tied for the second largest completed solar plants by installed capacity as of fall 2015.
[1][2] Project construction took place in two phases, both of which are supported by power purchase agreements.
The project was expected to involve more than 550 construction jobs in Riverside County, California.
[2][5] The $1.46 billion in loans for the project are partially guaranteed by DOE and will be funded by a group of investors led by Goldman Sachs Lending Partners, which submitted the project under the Financial Institution Partnership Program (FIPP), and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. as co-lead arranger.