Webberville Solar Farm

The Webberville Solar Farm, is a 35 MWp (30 MWAC) photovoltaic array in located in Webberville, Texas,[1] only about 6 miles east of the Tesla Gigafactory 5.

It has 127,728 Trina Solar solar panels[2] mounted on single-axis trackers, covers an area of 380 acres (150 ha), and was built at a cost of $250 million.

Operation began on December 20, 2011, with a ribbon cutting by Austin mayor Lee Leffingwell on January 6, 2012.

[5] The project was constructed by RES Americas, who will operate the plant for five years.

[6] Austin Energy is purchasing the power generated under a 25 year PPA, and has a goal of generating 35% of power consumed from renewable resources by 2020.