San Luis Valley Solar Ranch
The San Luis Valley Solar Ranch is a 30 megawatt photovoltaic power station in the San Luis Valley, located near the town of Mosca, Colorado. It was the largest solar facility in the state when it came online at the end of 2011.Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0.
- Type: Power station
- Description: photovoltaic power station in the San Luis Valley,
- Address: Lane 8 North, Mosca, CO 81146
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Alamosa Photovoltaic Power Plant.
Alamosa Photovoltaic Power Plant
Power station
Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0.
Alamosa Photovoltaic Power Plant, is a 7.7 MWAC photovoltaic power station located in San Luis Valley, Colorado. The facility was the largest in the United States to service a major public utility when its activation was announced on December 17, 2007. Alamosa Photovoltaic Power Plant is situated 2½ miles east of San Luis Valley Solar Ranch.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mosca and Hooper.
Mosca
Hamlet
Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0.
Mosca is an unincorporated community and a U.S. Post Office in Alamosa County, Colorado, United States. Mosca's population is 1,072 as of the 2020 census. Mosca is situated 4 miles southeast of San Luis Valley Solar Ranch.
Hooper
Village
The Town of Hooper is a statutory town located in the San Luis Valley in Alamosa County, Colorado, United States. The population was 81 at the 2020 census. Hooper is situated 4½ miles northeast of San Luis Valley Solar Ranch.
San Luis Valley Solar Ranch
- Categories: photovoltaic power station and industry
- Location: Alamosa, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.69424° or 37° 41′ 39″ northLongitude
-105.92061° or 105° 55′ 14″ westInception
December 2011Operator
Xcel Energy/Iberdrola RenewablesOpen location code
859PM3VH+MQOpenStreetMap ID
way 398648293OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q7414775
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