San Antonio's 400 Megawatt Solar Farm

San Antonio, Texas is working to be the home of the world's largest solar installation. CPS Energy, a utility serving San Antonio and surrounding areas, initially took bids for a 50 megawatt installation. After receiving offers with extremely competitive pricing, the utility revised its goal to 400 megawatts! Don't quote us, but we've heard through the grapevine that the levelized-cost of energy (LCOE) of the project is around 9 cents per kWh. This is an unprecedented low number.

CPS's interest in solar is part of a shift away from older coal-burning plants which will go offline in 2018....