Note: Below are two videos describing one of the world’s largest solar projects, a massive solar farm in San Luis Obispo County, California. The Topaz Solar Farm will be a 550 megawatt photovoltaic (PV) solar farm Located on the northwestern corner of the Carrisa Plains.
The Topaz Solar Farm will produce sufficient electricity to power between 150,000 and 200,000 California homes. It will displace 377,000 tons of CO2 annually—equivalent to taking 73,000 cars off the road. It will provide $192 million in compensation for approximately 400 construction jobs over a 3-year period; $52 million in economic output for local suppliers and $14 million in sales taxes during construction and up to $400,000 per year in new property tax revenues.
The first video is an introduction to the Topaz solar farm and the second shows the construction of this massive solar facility which will more than 8 million modules installed; the project will cover 4,700 acres in San Luis Obispo County, California.
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