80-MW Colorado solar project will certainly remain a sheep farm

• The Delta County Board of Commissioners accepted a limited-use permit required to install and also run an 80-MW solar project in Southern Delta County, Colorado. When full, the proposed Garnet Mesa Solar will certainly generate more than 194,000 MWh of power annually, enough energy for 18,000 homes.

Delta-Montrose Electric Association (DMEA) will certainly purchase a section of the energy generated by the solar farm and also Guzman Energy will offtake the remainder as a power supply to serve extra wholesale customers.

" We are delighted with the Delta County Board of Commissioners' consentaneous decision to authorize the limited use permit to install and also run the Garnet Mesa Solar project. We are grateful for the time and interest the community as well as County officials gave to the process," said Robin Lunt, primary technique police officer at Guzman Energy.

The Garnet Mesa Solar project group will certainly now focus on the following phases of engineering as well as procurement planning. Construction source and also timing information will be announced adhering to those design and also procurement planning cycles. The land safeguarded for Garnet Mesa Solar farm construction is presently irrigated as well as utilized for livestock grazing, as well as will continue to after building and construction of the selection is complete.

About 1,000 sheep will manage grazing and also greenery management on the solar farm.

" With the Commissioners' authorization, we are one step closer to safeguarding a substantial amount of regional budget-friendly energy. With each other, with Guzman Energy, we are driving rate security for our members," said Kent Blackwell, interim chief executive officer and also chief innovation policeman at DMEA. "We are confident Garnet Mesa Solar will certainly be a premier instance of farming and energy co-existing with each other."

Garnet Mesa is forecasted to utilize 350 to 400 people as well as create roughly $13 million in tax obligation revenue over 15 years. The project will certainly press DMEA to 20% of local power generation.

The Garnet Mesa Solar project group is included Guzman Energy, DMEA and also Citra Power. The Citra group has considerable know-how in renewable resource advancement, technological design, EPC administration and oversight, project as well as portfolio acquisitions and wholesale power procurement.