# Wright Solar Park

CAISO Solar Photovoltaic · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/wright-solar-park

Wright Solar Park is a solar power facility with 200 MW of EIA-reported operating capacity in Merced County, California, registered as EIA Plant ID 59525. Centaurus Renewable Energy is the current owner; Wright Solar Park LLC is the registered plant entity or operator. Project filings list 650,000 solar panels for the facility.

## Key facts

- Technology: Solar Photovoltaic
- Power capacity: 200 MW
- Operating status: operating

## Grid and market context

- ISO/RTO: CAISO
- Balancing authority: CISO (CAISO)
- Substation: Wright Solar project switching station at the point of interconnection
- Point of interconnection: Wright Solar project switching station at the point of interconnection
- Transmission owner: Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E)
- Interconnection voltage: 230 kV

## Source-backed facts

- Identifiers: [{"value":"59525","system":"EIA plant ID"},{"value":"FRWSP","system":"EIA generator ID"},{"value":"CAISO","system":"ISO/RTO / balancing authority"},{"value":"779","system":"CAISO interconnection queue position"},{"value":"CUP12-017","system":"Merced County conditional-use-permit docket"}] — Source · confidence: medium
- Official project url: https://www.clenera.com/news/peninsula-clean-energy-breaks-ground-on-200-mw-solar-plant-in-california — Clenera · confidence: high
- Owner name: Centaurus Renewable Energy — Clenera · confidence: high
- Identifiers.3: {"value":"779","system":"CAISO interconnection queue position"} — Source · confidence: medium
- Identifiers.4: {"value":"CUP12-017","system":"Merced County conditional-use-permit docket"} — Source · confidence: high
- Parties.0: {"relationship":"Owner","name":"Centaurus Renewable Energy","official_url":null} — Clenera · confidence: high
- Parties.2: {"relationship":"Developer / applicant","name":"Wright Solar Park LLC","official_url":null} — Source · confidence: medium
- Parties.3: {"relationship":"Construction and operations manager","name":"Clēnera LLC","official_url":"https://www.clenera.com"} — Clenera · confidence: medium
- Parties.4: {"relationship":"Constructor","name":"Swinerton Renewable Energy","official_url":null} — Clenera · confidence: high
- Parties.5: {"relationship":"Power offtaker","name":"Peninsula Clean Energy","official_url":null} — Clenera · confidence: high
- Product url: https://www.sungrowpower.com/index.php/en/products/pv-inverter/central-inverter/sg3150u-mvsg2500u-mv-north-america — Clenera · confidence: high
- Manufacturer domain: sungrowpower.com — SUNGROW SUPPLIES THE 200 MW WRIGHT SOLAR PROJECT IN CALIFORNIA’S CENTRAL VALLEY | SUNGROW - SUNGROW · confidence: high
- Equipment models: [{"manufacturer_domain":"sungrowpower.com","product_url":"https://www.sungrowpower.com/index.php/en/products/pv-inverter/central-inverter/sg3150u-mvsg2500u-mv-north-america","count":null,"unit_mw":2.5,"name":"Sungrow SG2500U-MV turnkey inverter"},{"manufacturer_domain":"longi.com","product_url":null,"count":null,"unit_mw":null,"name":"LONGi PV modules (model not specified)"},{"manufacturer_domain":"canadiansolar.com","product_url":null,"count":null,"unit_mw":null,"name":"Canadian Solar PV modules (model not specified)"},{"manufacturer_domain":"nextracker.com","product_url":null,"count":null,"unit_mw":null,"name":"Nextracker single-axis trackers (model not specified)"}] — SUNGROW SUPPLIES THE 200 MW WRIGHT SOLAR PROJECT IN CALIFORNIA’S CENTRAL VALLEY | SUNGROW - SUNGROW · confidence: medium
- Product family: SG2500U-MV — SUNGROW SUPPLIES THE 200 MW WRIGHT SOLAR PROJECT IN CALIFORNIA’S CENTRAL VALLEY | SUNGROW - SUNGROW · confidence: high
- Equipment models.0: {"manufacturer_domain":"sungrowpower.com","product_url":"https://www.sungrowpower.com/index.php/en/products/pv-inverter/central-inverter/sg3150u-mvsg2500u-mv-north-america","count":null,"unit_mw":2.5,"name":"Sungrow SG2500U-MV turnkey inverter"} — SUNGROW SUPPLIES THE 200 MW WRIGHT SOLAR PROJECT IN CALIFORNIA’S CENTRAL VALLEY | SUNGROW - SUNGROW · confidence: high
- Description: Wright Solar Park is an operational, ground-mounted 200 MW AC solar photovoltaic plant in unincorporated Merced County, California, with one EIA-listed generating unit. The plant is owned by Centaurus Renewable Energy, operated through Wright Solar Park LLC, and construction and operations were managed by Clēnera LLC. Swinerton Renewable Energy constructed the facility, while Peninsula Clean Energy holds an exclusive 25-year power purchase agreement for its electricity. The project began construction in October 2018 and its EIA-listed unit entered service on December 1, 2019. — Peninsula Clean Energy Starts Construction of 200-Megawatt Solar Facility » California Community Choice Association (CalCCA) · confidence: medium
- Description: Wright Solar Park is an operational, ground-mounted 200 MW AC solar photovoltaic plant in unincorporated Merced County, California, with one EIA-listed generating unit. The plant is owned by Centaurus Renewable Energy, operated through Wright Solar Park LLC, and construction and operations were managed by Clēnera LLC. Swinerton Renewable Energy constructed the facility, while Peninsula Clean Energy holds an exclusive 25-year power purchase agreement for its electricity. The project began construction in October 2018 and its EIA-listed unit entered service on December 1, 2019. — Clenera · confidence: medium
- Quality notes: ["The 200 MW EIA rating is the plant’s AC/nameplate figure; SOLV Energy describes the project at 237 MWdc, so the two figures do not establish an expansion.","Centaurus Renewable Energy’s acquisition of a 200 MW project in development is documented, while Frontier Renewables is identified as the earlier developer and Centaurus as owner by October 2018. The cited records do not identify the seller, sale consideration, or exact transaction month and year; Frontier is therefore not presented as the confirmed seller.","A $70 million construction bridge loan announced in 2021 was for Centaurus’s Arroyo Solar & Storage Project in New Mexico, not Wright Solar Park, and is excluded from Wright’s financing history.","No expansion, repowering, or retirement milestone is established in the cited project and plant records; EIA lists one operational generating unit."] — SOLV Energy | Wright · confidence: medium
- Financing summary: The 2014 environmental-impact record states that Wright Solar Park’s financing and construction were predicated on leveraging 100% of the federal investment tax credit, but it does not disclose a lender, debt amount, tax-equity investor, or project-finance closing amount. No sale consideration is disclosed. The separately reported $70 million Voya Investment Management bridge facility concerned Centaurus’s Arroyo Solar & Storage Project, not Wright Solar Park. — Source · confidence: medium
- Quality notes.0: The 200 MW EIA rating is the plant’s AC/nameplate figure; SOLV Energy describes the project at 237 MWdc, so the two figures do not establish an expansion. — Peninsula Clean Energy Starts Construction of 200-Megawatt Solar Facility » California Community Choice Association (CalCCA) · confidence: high
- Quality notes.0: The 200 MW EIA rating is the plant’s AC/nameplate figure; SOLV Energy describes the project at 237 MWdc, so the two figures do not establish an expansion. — SOLV Energy | Wright · confidence: high
- Quality notes.1: Centaurus Renewable Energy’s acquisition of a 200 MW project in development is documented, while Frontier Renewables is identified as the earlier developer and Centaurus as owner by October 2018. The cited records do not identify the seller, sale consideration, or exact transaction month and year; Frontier is therefore not presented as the confirmed seller. — Centaurus Renewable Energy - Wright Project | Experience · confidence: medium
- Quality notes.1: Centaurus Renewable Energy’s acquisition of a 200 MW project in development is documented, while Frontier Renewables is identified as the earlier developer and Centaurus as owner by October 2018. The cited records do not identify the seller, sale consideration, or exact transaction month and year; Frontier is therefore not presented as the confirmed seller. — Peninsula Clean Energy Starts Construction of 200-Megawatt Solar Facility » California Community Choice Association (CalCCA) · confidence: medium
- Timeline.0: {"event":"Interconnection application","date":"2011-03","detail":"Wright Solar Park submitted its interconnection application to CAISO and was identified as active in CAISO Cluster 4 with queue position 779."} — Source · confidence: medium
- Timeline.1: {"event":"Environmental review","date":"2014-12","detail":"Merced County adopted the environmental impact report for the Wright Solar Park LLC project and CUP12-017."} — PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION August 1, 2018 Advice Letter 5318-E Erik Jacobson Director, Regulatory Relations Pacific Gas and Electric Company 77 · confidence: medium
- Timeline.3: {"event":"Ownership transition / acquisition","date":null,"detail":"Baker Botts documented Centaurus Renewable Energy’s acquisition of a 200 MW solar project in development in Merced County. The public records place Frontier in the earlier development role and Centaurus as owner by October 2018, but do not name the seller or disclose the transaction month, year, or consideration."} — Centaurus Renewable Energy - Wright Project | Experience · confidence: medium
- Timeline.3: {"event":"Ownership transition / acquisition","date":null,"detail":"Baker Botts documented Centaurus Renewable Energy’s acquisition of a 200 MW solar project in development in Merced County. The public records place Frontier in the earlier development role and Centaurus as owner by October 2018, but do not name the seller or disclose the transaction month, year, or consideration."} — Peninsula Clean Energy Starts Construction of 200-Megawatt Solar Facility » California Community Choice Association (CalCCA) · confidence: medium
- Timeline.5: {"event":"Construction start","date":"2018-10-11","detail":"Wright Solar broke ground in Merced County. The 200 MW facility was expected to come online in late 2019."} — Peninsula Clean Energy Starts Construction of 200-Megawatt Solar Facility » California Community Choice Association (CalCCA) · confidence: high
- Timeline.7: {"event":"Public service commencement","date":"2020-01-22","detail":"Peninsula Clean Energy announced that it had begun providing Wright Solar’s power to San Mateo County customers."} — Clenera · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.0: {"relationship":"Owner","name":"Centaurus Renewable Energy","detail":"Owner of Wright Solar Park by the October 2018 construction announcement. Its acquisition is documented, but the seller, transaction consideration, and exact transaction date are not identified.","official_url":null} — Peninsula Clean Energy Starts Construction of 200-Megawatt Solar Facility » California Community Choice Association (CalCCA) · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.2: {"relationship":"Construction and operations manager","name":"Clēnera LLC","detail":"Managed construction and operations for the project.","official_url":"https://www.clenera.com"} — Peninsula Clean Energy Starts Construction of 200-Megawatt Solar Facility » California Community Choice Association (CalCCA) · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.2: {"relationship":"Construction and operations manager","name":"Clēnera LLC","detail":"Managed construction and operations for the project.","official_url":"https://www.clenera.com"} — Clēnera · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.3: {"relationship":"Constructor","name":"Swinerton Renewable Energy","detail":"Constructed the solar facility using union labor. The business later adopted the SOLV Energy brand.","official_url":"https://www.solvenergy.com"} — Peninsula Clean Energy Starts Construction of 200-Megawatt Solar Facility » California Community Choice Association (CalCCA) · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.3: {"relationship":"Constructor","name":"Swinerton Renewable Energy","detail":"Constructed the solar facility using union labor. The business later adopted the SOLV Energy brand.","official_url":"https://www.solvenergy.com"} — SOLV Energy | Home · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.4: {"relationship":"Power offtaker","name":"Peninsula Clean Energy","detail":"Holds an exclusive 25-year PPA with Wright Solar Park LLC and uses the facility’s output for San Mateo County customers.","official_url":"https://www.peninsulacleanenergy.com"} — Peninsula Clean Energy Starts Construction of 200-Megawatt Solar Facility » California Community Choice Association (CalCCA) · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.4: {"relationship":"Power offtaker","name":"Peninsula Clean Energy","detail":"Holds an exclusive 25-year PPA with Wright Solar Park LLC and uses the facility’s output for San Mateo County customers.","official_url":"https://www.peninsulacleanenergy.com"} — Wright Solar · confidence: high
- Acquisition detail: In September 2017, the Wright Solar project was acquired by Clēnera LLC and Centaurus Renewable Energy; Centaurus is identified as the owner and Clēnera as the construction and operations manager. — Source · confidence: medium
- Acquisition date: 2017-09 — Source · confidence: high
- Acquirer: Clēnera LLC and Centaurus Renewable Energy — Source · confidence: medium
- Transaction scope: exact_asset — Source · confidence: medium
- Substation: Wright Solar project switching station at the point of interconnection — Source · confidence: medium
- Resource type: GEN; PV solar generating facility — db130_source_and_sink · confidence: medium
- Grid role: Contracted utility-scale solar generation supplying output under a 25-year power-purchase agreement; the available sources do not characterize it as peaking, storage arbitrage, or baseload. — Peninsula Clean Energy Board of Directors Meeting · confidence: medium

## Timeline

- 2014-12 — Environmental review
  Merced County adopted the environmental impact report for the Wright Solar Park LLC project and CUP12-017.
  Source: PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION August 1, 2018 Advice Letter 5318-E Erik Jacobson Director, Regulatory Relations Pacific Gas and Electric Company 77 (https://www.pge.com/tariffs/assets/pdf/adviceletter/ELEC_5318-E.pdf)
- 2018-10-11 — Construction start
  Wright Solar broke ground in Merced County. The 200 MW facility was expected to come online in late 2019.
  Source: Peninsula Clean Energy Starts Construction of 200-Megawatt Solar Facility » California Community Choice Association (CalCCA) (https://cal-cca.org/peninsula-clean-energy-starts-construction-of-200-megawatt-solar-facility/)

## Sources

- [Centaurus Renewable Energy - Wright Project | Experience](https://www.bakerbotts.com/experience/c/centaurus-renewable-energy--wright-proje) — bakerbotts.com · tier other
- [Source](https://web2.co.merced.ca.us/pdfs/env_docs/eir/wright_solar_deir_07_01_14.pdf) — web2.co.merced.ca.us · tier other
- [Peninsula Clean Energy breaks ground on 200-MW solar ...](https://www.clenera.com/news/peninsula-clean-energy-breaks-ground-on-200-mw-solar-plant-in-california) — clenera.com · tier other
- [Clenera](https://www.clenera.com/news/peninsula-clean-energy-starts-construction-of-200-megawatt-solar-facility) — clenera.com · tier other
- [PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION August 1, 2018 Advice Letter 5318-E Erik Jacobson Director, Regulatory Relations Pacific Gas and Electric Company 77](https://www.pge.com/tariffs/assets/pdf/adviceletter/ELEC_5318-E.pdf) — pge.com · tier other
- [SOLV Energy | Wright](https://www.solvenergy.com/projects/wright) — solvenergy.com · tier other
- [Clenera](https://www.clenera.com/news/sungrow-inverters-used-in-californias-200-mw-wright-solar-project) — clenera.com · tier other
- [SUNGROW SUPPLIES THE 200 MW WRIGHT SOLAR PROJECT IN CALIFORNIA’S CENTRAL VALLEY | SUNGROW - SUNGROW](https://www.sungrowpower.com/en/newsdetail/331) — sungrowpower.com · tier other
- [Peninsula Clean Energy Starts Construction of 200-Megawatt Solar Facility » California Community Choice Association (CalCCA)](https://cal-cca.org/peninsula-clean-energy-starts-construction-of-200-megawatt-solar-facility/) — cal-cca.org · tier other
- [Clenera](https://www.clenera.com/news/largest-cca-renewable-project-comes-online) — clenera.com · tier other
- [Clēnera](https://www.clenera.com/) — clenera.com · tier other
- [SOLV Energy | Home](https://www.solvenergy.com/) — solvenergy.com · tier other
- [Wright Solar](https://www.peninsulacleanenergy.com/power-sources/wright-solar/) — peninsulacleanenergy.com · tier other
- [Source](https://pcelib.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/05-26-2022-Combined-BOD-Presentation.pdf) — pcelib.com · tier other
- [Source](https://cal-cca.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/PCE-Wright-Solar-Press-Release.pdf) — cal-cca.org · tier other
- [db130_source_and_sink](https://www.caiso.com/documents/crr-fnm-db130-source-and-sink-apnodes-v1-1-december-2024-monthly-process.xlsx) — caiso.com · tier other
- [Resource category and phase](https://www.caiso.com/documents/resourcecategoryandphaseallparticipatingresourceids.xlsx) — caiso.com · tier other
- [Peninsula Clean Energy Board of Directors Meeting](https://pcelib.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/05-22-25-BOD-Slides-.pdf) — pcelib.com · tier other

## Data quality

- The 200 MW EIA rating is the plant’s AC/nameplate figure; SOLV Energy describes the project at 237 MWdc, so the two figures do not establish an expansion. The cited records do not identify the seller, sale consideration, or exact transaction month and year; Frontier is therefore not presented as the confirmed seller. A $70 million construction bridge loan announced in 2021 was for Centaurus’s Arroyo Solar & Storage Project in New Mexico, not Wright Solar Park, and is excluded from Wright’s financing history. No expansion, repowering, or retirement milestone is established in the cited project and plant records; EIA lists one operational generating unit.

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