EDF Renewables North America completes Desert Harvest 1 and Desert Harvest 2 solar projects

EDF Renewables North America announced the completion and commercial operation of the Desert Harvest 1 (114 MW) and Desert Harvest 2 (100 MW) solar projects. Desert Harvest 1 provides electricity to MCE under a 20-year power purchase agreement, while Desert Harvest 2 supplies energy and renewable attributes to the Southern California Public Power Authority under a 25-year renewable energy credit and index structure contract. The two projects are located adjacent to each other on unincorporated land in Riverside County, California, administered by the Federal Bureau of Land Management. The two projects consist of horizontal single-axis tracking solar photovoltaic technology. Desert Harvest 2 includes a 35 MW, four-hour energy storage system.