MidAmerican Renewables solar project earns awards

NRG Energy Inc. and MidAmerican Renewables LLC announced that their 290-megawatt Agua Caliente solar project has earned two top solar project awards. The Yuma County, Ariz., photovoltaic power project being built by First Solar Inc. was named Solar Project of the Year by Renewable Energy World, a leading industry magazine, and Photovoltaic (PV) Project of the Year by Solar Power Generation USA, the industry’s leading utility-scale solar power conference. The first 30-megawatt phase of the project began commercial operation in January. The Agua Caliente project is expected to be the world’s largest operational PV power plant upon completion in 2014. Des Moines-based MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. established MidAmerican Renewables last month to support the company’s move into the unregulated renewables market.

NRG Energy Inc. and MidAmerican Renewables LLC announced that their 290-megawatt Agua Caliente solar project has earned two top solar project awards. The Yuma County, Ariz., photovoltaic power project being built by First Solar Inc. was named Solar Project of the Year by Renewable Energy World, a leading industry magazine, and Photovoltaic (PV) Project of the Year by Solar Power Generation USA, the industry’s leading utility-scale solar power conference. The first 30-megawatt phase of the project began commercial operation in January. The Agua Caliente project is expected to be the world’s largest operational PV power plant upon completion in 2014. Des Moines-based MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. established MidAmerican Renewables last month to support the company’s move into the unregulated renewables market.