The most extensive solar panel in U.S. history was approved to
be built by the Department of Interior and the Bureau of Land Management
(BLM). U.S. Secretary of the Interior, David L. Bernhardt, signed the
Record of Division (ROD) for Solar Partners XI, LLC, to erect a 690-MW
photovoltaic (PV) solar electric producing structure and ancillary facilities
near Las Vegas.
The project is estimated to cost $1 billion and is being built
by Gemini Solar. Once complete, it could be the eighth-largest power facility
in the world. The on-site construction workforce is expected to employ
roughly 500 - 700 construction workers, possibly peaking 900. The project will
be implemented in a multi-stage approach, with the first phase slated to begin
in 2021 and completed in 2022.
The entire project will include a 34.5 kV (kilovolt) overhead
and underground collector lines, a 2-acre (0.8-hectare) operation and
maintenance facility, three substations, internal access roads, access roads
along generation tie-lines, a perimeter road, perimeter fencing, water storage
tanks for fire protection, drainage control features, potential on-site water
well or new water pipeline, and improvements to the existing NV Energy
facilities to support interconnection.
“Our economic resurgence will rely on getting America back to
work, and this project delivers on that objective,” said Secretary Bernhardt. Read
more at: https://www.power-eng.com/2020/05/18/interior-approves-plan-for-the-largest-solar-project-in-u-s-history/
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