Marcia Busching for Arizona Corporation Commission

SolarReserve, a U.S. developer of utility-scale solar powered energy projects, announced today that it has received its final Certificates of Environmental Compatibility (CEC) by unanimous decision (5-0) in the Arizona Corporation Commission because of its 150 megawatt (MW) Crossroads Solar Energy Project. The approval includes the associated transmission line connecting the project to Arizona Public Service's transmission grid. This final approval follows the 2009 December's unanimous decision (11-0) from the Arizona Power Plant and Transmission Line Siting Committee to grant the certificates.


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"I am looking forward to this project. In my opinion this new technology will be very beneficial even as continue to make Arizona the solar capital," stated Arizona Commissioner Sandra Kennedy in her own vote to guide the project. "I just like the fact that the developers with this project will seek to sell their solar power within Arizona, that i believe can be a evidence of our Renewable Energy Standard."


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The project will create over 450 construction jobs throughout the two-year construction period and as much as 5,000 direct and induced jobs, including off-site supplier and supporting activities. The project includes a capital cost more than $500 million and it is anticipated to generate economic development in Gila Bend and through the entire region. It will employ a minimum of 45 full-time, permanent operations staff throughout the 30-year project operating life and it has once a year operating budget of up to $10 million each year, largely spend locally.



Found on privately owned and actively cultivated land west of the Capital of scotland - Gila Bend in Maricopa County, Arizona, the 150 megawatt Crossroads Solar technology Project will give approximately 450,000 megawatt hours annually of reliable, green, zero-emission electricity to Arizona - enough to power up to 100,000 homes during peak electricity periods. The project will utilize an advanced molten salt, power tower technology put together by Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, a division of United Technologies Corporation, providing the ability to store 10 hours of solar technology and generate electricity at will, despite the sun falls. This energy storage capability offers a stable, predictable electricity product and will replace conventional power generation that produces harmful emissions from burning coal, gas and oil.



"The unanimous approval through the Commission illustrates dedication to bringing viable, utility scale solar thermal projects to Arizona which will give rise to their state meeting its alternative energy goals and peak energy demand with non intermittent, fully dis-patchable power," said Tom Georgis, V . p . of Development for SolarReserve. The project also represents vast sums of dollars of investment into Arizona and significant, diverse job creation in the construction, operations, manufacturing and supply sectors."



The American Institute of Renewable power (AIRE) is a solar training school fully equipped to organize the workforce needed to complete and operate SolarReserve's Crossroads Solar Energy project. Solar photovoltaic training is mandatory to carry out this ambitious project that will create jobs in Arizona. To be able to start-up ones career within the solar power industry, one should make the effort to get a solar installation certification. AIRE offers free solar training seminars if someone wants an introductory course in solar training.

 

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