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Individual Locations

The SEGS power plants were built by Luz Industries, and commissioned between 1984 and 1991. After Luz Industries bankruptcy in 1991 plants were sold to various investor groups as individual projects and expansion including three more plants was halted.

Kramer Junction employs about 95 people and 45 people work at Harper Lake.

SEGS plant history and operational data
Plant Year
built		 Location Net turbine
capacity		 Field
area		 Oil
temperature		 Gross solar production
of electricity (MWh)
(MW) (m²) (°C) 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
SEGS I 1984 Daggett 14 82,960 307 19,261 22,510 25,055 16,927 23,527 21,491
SEGS II 1985 Daggett 30 165,376 316 25,085 23,431 38,914 43,862 39,156
SEGS III 1986 Kramer Jct. 30 230,300 349 49,444 61,475 63,096 69,410
SEGS IV 1986 Kramer Jct. 30 230,300 349 52,181 64,762 70,552 74,661
SEGS V 1987 Kramer Jct. 30 250,500 349 62,858 65,280 72,449
SEGS VI 1988 Kramer Jct. 30 188,000 390 48,045 62,690
SEGS VII 1988 Kramer Jct. 30 194,280 390 38,868 57,661
SEGS VIII 1989 Harper Lake 80 464,340 390 114,996
SEGS IX 1990 Harper Lake 80 483,960 390 5,974
Total production (MWh) 19,261 47,595 150,111 244,937 353,230 518,487
Sources: Solargenix Energy, KJC Operating Company, IEEE, NREL
SEGS plant history and operational data
Gross solar production
of electricity (MWh)
Plant 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 average 1998–2002 Total
SEGS I 20,252 17,938 20,368 20,194 19,800 19,879 19,228 18,686 11,250 17,235 17,947 17,402 16,500 331,550
SEGS II 35,168 32,481 36,882 36,566 35,853 35,995 34,817 33,836 33,408 31,207 32,497 31,511 32,500 549,159
SEGS III 60,134 48,702 58,248 56,892 56,663 64,170 64,677 70,598 70,689 65,994 69,369 66,125 68,555 995,686
SEGS IV 64,600 51,007 58,935 57,795 54,929 61,970 64,503 71,635 71,142 63,457 64,842 70,313 68,278 1,017,283
SEGS V 59,009 55,383 67,685 66,255 63,757 71,439 75,936 75,229 70,293 73,810 71,826 73,235 72,879 1,014,444
SEGS VI 64,155 47,087 55,724 56,908 63,650 71,409 70,019 67,358 71,066 68,543 67,339 64,483 67,758 878,476
SEGS VII 58,373 46,940 54,110 53,251 61,220 70,138 69,186 67,651 66,258 64,195 64,210 62,196 65,048 834,986
SEGS VIII 102,464 109,361 130,999 134,578 133,843 139,174 136,410 137,905 135,233 140,079 137,754 138,977 137,990 1,691,773
SEGS IX 144,805 129,558 130,847 137,915 138,959 141,916 139,697 119,732 107,513 128,315 132,051 137,570 125,036 1,594,852
Total 608,960 538,458 613,798 620,358 628,674 676,091 674,473 662,631 636,851 652,835 657,834 662,542 8,967,123
Sources: Solargenix Energy, KJC Operating Company, IEEE, NREL

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