Tessera Submits Second Proposal for Colorado Solar Plant
Posted by GetSolar Staff in Sunday, October 10th 2010
After having its initial proposal for a 200-megawatt (MW) solar facility in Colorado’s San Luis Valley rebuffed on account of noise concerns from neighbors, Houston-based Tessera Solar is trying again. This time, the utility scale solar developer is proposing a 145-MW plant in the same Saguache County region.
The plant would take up over 1,500 acres in the San Luis Valley and use 5,800 sun-capturing dishes to generate power. Power from the plant would likely be sold to one or more local utility companies through long-term power purchasing agreements (PPA’s), but Tessera is far from that step. Saguache County Commissioners will hold a public hearing to debate Tessera’s newest application before voting on whether or not to approve it later this year.
There are several factors working in Tessera’s favor. The new plant would create approximately 40 new clean energy jobs and bring in an additional $1.5 million in tax revenue each year.
Tessera made headlines earlier this week when the U.S. Department of Interior announced the approval of the company’s new solar energy plant in California’s Imperial Valley – one of the first two solar plants in the nation to be built on public land.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
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