First Solar announced  that it has sold a 30 megawatt photovoltaic solar power project to Southern company and Turner Renewable Energy.  The Cimarron Solar Project is in Northern New Mexico and will supply electricity to about 9,000 homes. 

According to Business Wire, “construction of the solar project will begin this month, with completion and commercial operation expected by year end 2010.  It will employ 500,000 photovoltaic modules manufactured by First Solar using its advanced film technology.  The project will create over 200 jobs at construction peak. Electricity generated by the plant will serve a 25 year power purchase agreement with the Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, a not for profit wholesale power supplier to 44 electric cooperatives serving 1.4 million customers across Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico and Wyoming.”