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Board approves comprehensive-plan amendment for 250 MW Solace Energy Center battery storage near Wilmot Road
Summary
The board approved a comprehensive-plan amendment to redesignate an 18-acre suburban homestead parcel for a 250-megawatt standalone battery energy storage facility. Developer and staff said the project aligns with utility and state clean-energy goals and is expected to generate tax revenue for local schools.
The Pima County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 to approve a comprehensive-plan amendment that redesignates an 18-acre parcel on South Wilmot Road to allow the Solace Energy Center, a 250-megawatt standalone battery energy storage system developed by Mission Clean Energy.
The developer’s representative, Eva Riley, described the project as a utility-scale battery facility on roughly 18 acres located about 4 miles east of the airport, sited on privately owned land that is currently zoned…
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