Phillips 66 to build 88-acre solar project on Contra Costa County site
17 Dec 2025
Next Era Energy, the company behind the Corby Project application (proposed for unincorporated Solano County and pending before the California Energy Commission) agreed last week to build an onsite solar array for Phillips 66’s Rodeo Renewable Energy Complex. The 88 acre solar facility in Contra Costa County will become one of the largest on-site dedicated solar facilities in the United States, according to a release from Phillips 66,
The Rodeo Renewable Energy Complex will consist of more than 70,000 solar modules that will generate about 60,000 Megawatt Hours per year of electricity, enough to power 23,000 electric vehicles for an entire year.
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