CPS Energy, Duke Energy and juwi solar Inc. have announced that work crews recently started construction of Texas’ largest solar farm on a 139-acre site in southeast San Antonio. The Blue Wing Solar Project, a 14MW solar PV installation, is being built near the intersection of IH 37 and U.S. 181 on a site that will be clearly visible from both highways. The project will consist of 214,500 ground-mounted First Solar thin film panels. Blue Wing will generate an estimated 26,570 megawatt-hours of electricity each year, enough energy to power about 1800 San Antonio area homes a year. CPS Energy will purchase all of the output from the solar farm – and associated renewable energy credits – from Duke Energy Generation Services, under the terms of a 30-year power purchase agreement.
