California to See More Than $3.3 Billion in Power Industry Project Starts, Completions in First-Quarter 2019

Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) is tracking $3.36 billion in planned Power Industry project starts and completions in California in first-quarter 2019. The solar power sector, with $1.7 billion worth of projects, leads in terms of project value.

Click on the image at right of planned Power Industry project starts and completions by fuel type in California in first-quarter 2019.

Project Starts
Solar power dominates California's planned project starts. Among these is Canadian Solar Incorporated's (NASDAQ:CSIQ) (Guelph, Ontario) planned 195-megawatt (MW) solar project at the naval air station in Lemoore, California. The facility is planned to be built on a 3,000-acre site and is the first of two planned phases. Construction on the first phase would take about a year to complete. For more information, see Industrial Info's project reports on Phase I and Phase II, as well as November 18, 2018, article - Canadian Solar Progresses on $3.3 Billion in U.S. Projects, Faces Setbacks in China.

Near Lancaster, about 65 miles north of Los Angeles, Sustainable Power Group (San Francisco, California) is preparing to construct a 400-MW solar farm. The facility will use seven solar arrays utilizing up to 1.2 million ground-mounted, single-axis solar panels. The project also will include an energy storage system. Construction is expected to be completed late next year. The project has an estimated total investment value (TIV) of $400 million. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.

Southern California Edison Company (Rosemead, California), a subsidiary of Edison International (NYSE:EIX) (Rosemead), is preparing to rebuild the transmission line between its Eldorado and Lugo substations in Southern California. The project has an estimated TIV of $250 million and includes modifications and upgrades to existing substations. The project is expected to be completed in the summer of 2020. For more information, see Industrial Info's project reports on:

• the Eldorado-Mohave transmission line rebuild
• the Lugo-Mohave transmission line rebuild
• the Pisgah substation modifications
• the Lugo substation upgrade project
• the Mojave substation upgrade project

Project Completions
A broad range of projects are planned for completion in the state. NRG Energy Incorporated (NYSE:NRG) (Princeton, New Jersey) is nearing completion of a simple-cycle peaking plant in Carlsbad. The 600-MW facility is being constructed next to NRG's Encina Power Station and will include six 100-MW General Electric (NYSE:GE) combustion turbine generators. Construction on the $600 million facility began in early 2017. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.

PG&E Corporation (NYSE:PCG) (San Francisco, California) is wrapping up the decommissioning of Unit 3 at its Humboldt Bay nuclear power station near Eureka, California. The removal of the reactor vessel internals on the boiling water reactor began in 2012. APTIM (The Woodlands, Texas) is providing engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services. The project has a TIV of $287.9 million. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.

Some large renewable energy projects are planned to be completed in the quarter. Near Mojave, ArcLight Capital Partners LLC (Boston, Massachusetts) is nearing completion of the 132-MW Voyager Wind I Project. The facility will include 66 Vestas 2-MW wind turbine generators. Blattner Energy Incorporated (Avon, Minnesota) is providing EPC on the project, which has an estimated TIV of $234 million. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.

In Paicines, California, Consolidated Edison Incorporated (NYSE:ED) (New York, New York) is wrapping up construction on the Panoche Valley solar project. The facility will have a generating capacity of 117 MW. Wood Group (Aberdeen, Scotland) is providing EPC. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.

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