Amoco/Enron Solar Power Development To Build PV Generation Plant

Amoco/Enron Solar Power Development plans to build a four-megawatt photovoltaic (PV) generation plant in Hawaii in 1997 with a $1.14 million award from the Utility PhotoVoltaic Group (UPVG). The facility will use thin-film PV cells made by Solarex, which since January 1995 has been a subsidiary of the partnership between Amoco and Enron. Upon completion, the plant will have twice the generating capacity of any PV installation in the U.S. and will sell power to Hawaiian Electric. The UPVG was formed in 1992 by the utility industry to accelerate the adoption of PV technology.