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Boulder City, the community established for the builders of Hoover Dam, is securing its claim as a hot spot for renewable energy, including solar power.
Sempra Generation, a subsidiary of San Diego-based Sempra Energy, has announced the completion of the 10-megawatt El Dorado Solar Project, a second utility-scale solar plant there.
Acciona Solar Power, a majority owned subsidiary of Spanish giant Acciona Energy, started commercial operation of a 64-megawatt solar project called Nevada Solar One in June 2007 in Boulder City.
http://www.lvrj.com/business/36721494.html More juice: Boulder City solar project to quintuple in size
Boulder City will soon house North America's largest sun-powered energy plant.
And though local utility executives praised the power station as an indicator of Southern Nevada's potential for renewable energy, they said they hoped the project would generate more jobs and more juice for locals than its predecessor created.
San Diego-based Sempra Generation, a subsidiary of Sempra Energy in New York, said Wednesday it would more than quintuple the size of its El Dorado Energy solar plant, from 10 megawatts to 58 megawatts. The company will rename the expanded project Copper Mountain Solar
http://www.lvrj.com/business/43087357.html Boulder City Solar is a 150 MW photovoltaic solar generating facility situated on approximately 1,110 acres of prime solar land within the municipal jurisdiction of the City of Boulder City, Nevada. Located within the City's Energy Zone, Boulder City Solar is at one of the major crossroads for extra high voltage transmission lines in the West, including the Eldorado, Marketplace, McCullough, Merchant and Nevada Solar One substations. Proximity to these transmission facilities permits direct interconnection to the California Independent System Operator, Nevada Energy and municipal systems.
The City of Boulder City has reserved the Energy Zone for development of solar energy facilities. Two utility-scale solar generating facilities are already in commercial operation within the Energy Zone, and Boulder City Solar will occupy the sole remaining acreage reserved for solar development within the Energy Zone. Environmental "pre-permitting" of the Energy Zone allows the Project to proceed based on the issuance of a building permit by the City of Boulder City. Species mitigation is accomplished through payment of an established city fee.
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