Maricopa County

Population: 3,942,169
Size: 9,200 sq. mi.
Median Household income: $55,099

Maricopa County has the largest number of solar projects and the greatest total installed capacity. Due to the large number of projects, this report includes one table for operating projects and one table for those that are at some stage of development short of construction.

Solar Project Name	Design	Megawatts	Stage of Development	Developer	Purchaser of electricity
ASU Solar Array	PV	23.5	Operating
Arlington Valley Solar Energy Project	PV	125	Operating	Arlington Valley Solar Energy, LLC
Arlington Valley Solar Project II	PV	125	Operating	Arlington Valley Solar Energy, LLC
Badger 1 Solar Farm	PV	15	Operating	Juwi Solar Inc.	APS
Cotton Center	PV	18	Operating	Solon	APS
Gila Bend Solar Power Plant	PV	32	Operating	Solar Reserve	APS
Gillespie 1	PV	15	Operating	Recurrent Energy
Mesquite Solar 1	PV	150	Operating	Sempra U.S. Gas & Power	PG&E
Paloma Solar Plant	PV	17	Operating	First Solar	APS
Queen Creek Solar	PV	25	Operating	Juwi Solar Inc.	SRP
Solana Generating Station	CSP Trough	280	Operating	Abengoa	APS
Total Under Construction or Operating		825.5
Crossroads Solar Energy Project	CSP Tower	150	Under Development	Solar Reserve
Gila Bend	PV	500	Under Development	First Solar
Horizon Aguila	CSP Trough	250	Under Development	First Solar
Hyder Valley Solar Energy Project	CSP Trough	325	Under Development	Iberdrola
Maricopa Solar Park	PV	300	Under Development	Marisol Energy II, LLC
Mesquite Solar Additional Phases	PV	550	Under Development	Sempra U.S. Gas & Power
Sonoran Solar Energy Project	PV	300	Under Development	Boulevard Associates, LLC
Sun Streams Solar Farm	PV	150	Under Development	Element Power
Total Proposed or Under Development		2525