All Posts Tagged With: "Saguache County"

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Sprawling Solar Plant Approved
for San Luis Valley

SolarReserve, a California-based developer of large-scale PV projects, has received final 1041 Permit from the Saguache County Board of County Commissioners for its duo of 100 megawatt solar thermal facilities.

27Mar2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Company Moves Ahead with SLV Solar Farm Plans

Despite Xcel Energy’s intention not to purchase more utility-scale renewable generation, California-based SolarReserve submitted an application for a land-use permit to the Saguache County Board of Commissioners for the two facilities, which would sit on roughly 4,000 acres northeast of Center.

10Nov2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Tessera Solar Withdraws Saguache County Application for Utility Scale Solar Plant

The company is closing the door on plans to build a 1,525-acre industrial solar power plant in the midst of the San Luis Valley’s centennial ranching community. The
San Luis Valley Renewable Communities Alliance and its members favor smaller scale, local solar generation
instead of the massive project.

17Jul2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Big Solar’s Promise

Remote centralized solar power plants are often promoted for the economic benefits they will bring to poor rural counties, like those in the San Luis Valley, Colorado. In Saguache County, Texas-based Tessera Solar’s 145 MW power plant is being sold as a $1.5 million/yr. windfall that will produce sorely needed jobs and revenue for the counties schools and communities.

3Jan2011 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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State’s First Industrial Solar Project Meets Strong Opposition in San Luis Valley

Tessera Solar is proposing to build a 1,525-acre 145 Megawatt field of 5,670 dish Stirling SunCatchers on rangelands in southern Colorado’s high-elevation San Luis Valley for export to Front Range urban centers.

24Nov2010 | admin | 6 comments | Continued
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Policy Updates from Across the State

>> Garfield Cty May Fund Battlement Mesa Health Study
>> State Lawmaker Wants to Clean Up Co-Op Elections
>> La Veta Wind Farm Rejected
>> Solar Proposal for Saguache County Meets Opposition
>> Ouray Micro-Hydro Project Gets Stimulus Cash
>> Four Corners Saga: The Navajos’ Environmental Fight

18Dec2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued


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