Samsung has created a joint venture with ENCO Utility Services to build solar power plants that will sell energy to California’s Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E).
The deal, which was first reported by Green Inc.’s Todd Woody, will create five photovoltaic solar plants with a total of 130 megawatts of power.
PG&E is seeking regulatory approval to buy the power for 25 years from a 50 megawatt plant and three 20 megawatt plants in Tulare County. The fourth 20 megawatt power plant is slated for adjacent King’s County, according to PG&E’s proposal to the California Public Utilities Commission.
The projects are expected to begin operating between June 2012 and February 2013, according to the filing.
Samsung has been moving aggressively to conquer the North American market, recently signing a $7 billion, 2,500-megawatt deal with the government of Ontario to build wind and solar plants and attract green energy manufacturers.
Josie Garthwaite from Earth2Tech has a nice roundup of Samsung’s greentech moves.