Quartzsite Solar Energy Project

The proposed project would be located approximately six miles north of quartzsite and adjacent to arizona state route 95.

Quartzsite solar energy project. The blm is a cooperating agency. Because the proposed project would be located on. Solar power in arizona has the potential to according to then governor janet napolitano make arizona the persian gulf of solar energy. Total estimated project cost.

The proposed concentrating solar power plant would be located on approximately 1 675 acres of land managed by the bureau of land management. The project is expected to create 438 jobs during peak construction and 47 full time operations and maintenance jobs. Western proposes to provide transmission interconnection services for the quartzsite solar energy project project a proposed 100 megawatt concentrating solar power plant to western s transmission system at the bouse kofa 161kilovolt transmission line in la paz county arizona. Quartzsite solar energy llc proposes to construct a 100 mw net solar powered electrical generation facility in la paz county ariz.

If approved the project would generate up to 870 jobs at peak construction. On december 21 2012 the notice of availability of the final environmental impact statement eis and yuma field office yuma proposed resource management plan amendment prmpa for quartzsite solar energy project was published in the federal register 77 fr 75632 after considering the environmental impacts western has decided to allow qse s request for interconnection to western s. The solar fields are made up of heliostats which are a collection of mirrors. The project would also include a thermal energy storage system.

In 2012 arizona had 1 106 mw of photovoltaic pv solar power systems and 6 mw of concentrated solar power csp bringing the total to over 1 112 megawatts mw of solar power the solana generating station is a 280 mw parabolic trough solar plant which. Quartzsite solar energy project. When operational the facility will generate enough clean power to meet the needs of an. Quartzsite solar energy project newsletter 1 january 2010 introduction quartzsite solar energy llc qse a subsidiary of solar reserve proposes to construct a 100 megawatt mw solar powered generating station in la paz county arizona.

The project would be located approximately 2 75 miles southwest of the city of blythe just south of the interstate 10 freeway in riverside county california. The quartzsite solar energy project will employ dry cooling technology which requires a fraction of the water needed for wet cooling. It would produce an estimated 100 mw of clean. The lead federal agency dealing with the quartzsite solar energy application is the western area power authority wapa.