Greater Sandhill Solar Plant

The Greater Sandhill Solar Plant is a 19 megawatt (MWAC) photovoltaic power station in the San Luis Valley, located near the town of Mosca, Colorado.

[1] The electricity is being sold to Public Service of Colorado, a subsidiary of Xcel Energy, under a long-term power purchase agreement.

[2] This tracker design was newly released in 2010, and was marketed as enabling the highest production.

[4][5] The plant is owned by Metlife and John Hancock Financial Services, which also partnered to finance the construction.

[6] Buesing Corp of Phoenix AZ was contracted to set the 16,800 helical screw pile foundations.

A map of solar farms in the San Luis valley