Solar energy park proposed (1000 MW, Colorado)

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http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/energy/article/0,2777,DRMN_23914_5223106,00.html


A New York startup with local roots will announce plans today to build the world's largest solar energy park in the San Luis Valley.

The $2 billion park, christened SolarDunes by developer SkyFuel, would have a total capacity of 1,000 megawatts - enough electricity for more than 300,000 homes and businesses along the power-hungry Front Range.

SkyFuel estimates the project's cost would include transmission or high-voltage power lines necessary to bring electricity from the valley in southern Colorado to metro Denver.

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The project is scheduled to begin construction in 2010 with an intial 100-megawatt phase. Eventually the project would create more than 300 jobs in the valley, says Michael Wisdom, executive director of the San Luis Valley Development Resource Group.

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