Valos, Gehrlicher Solar to develop 235MW solar projects in US

Gehrlicher Solar America and Valos Solar Ventures together have announced that the two companies have joined forced to co-develop 235MW solar projects for the investor owned and municipal owned utilities in California.

As per the strategic joint-development agreement both the companies will develop sites for Pacific and Gas Electric Company (PG&E), Southern California Edison (SCE), San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E).

Gehrlicher will provide engineering, procurement, and construction services for the utility-scale PV.

Valos and Gehrlicher will also develop sites for municipal utilities for their request for offers (RFO), renewable auction mechanism (RAM) and renewable request for proposals (RFPs) as well as the recently approved Virtual Net Metering Bill SB 843.

Valos Solar Ventures CEO Hugh Tarpley said, "We believe strongly in the future of solar energy as a viable source for the country, not only from an environmental perspective but also as a competitive alternative to fossil fuel generation."

Gehrlicher Solar America CEO Stefan Parhofer said it is a very important coupling of unique talents, combining Valos’ development capability with Gehrlicher’s large-scale PV system expertise.

"This partnership enables our vision of providing PV systems to the California market in which utilities can source electricity under grid-parity over the system’s lifetime. We look forward to working with Valos and their customers to provide this important energy solution," Parhofer added.

The sites for the development of the solar projects are situated in high irradiance locations with Interconnect capacity availability.

Valos Solar Ventures develop large-scale solar photovoltaic projects in California.

Germany based Gehrlicher Solar America a subsidiary of Gehrlicher Solar develops, plans, builds, finances and operates solar power systems.