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Neptune Solar presents 199-MW proposal on BLM land; commissioners ask about NEPA, interconnection and reclamation
Summary
A Hanwha Renewables representative told Millard County commissioners the Neptune Solar Energy Park would be about 199 MW on roughly 1,000 acres leased from the BLM; the developer described an interconnection agreement with Pacificorp, ongoing NEPA steps and required decommissioning bonds, while commissioners raised site, permitting and reclamation questions.
Millard County commissioners heard a presentation and questioning Thursday on a proposed solar facility called the Neptune Solar Energy Park, with the applicant identifying the project as a roughly 199-megawatt photovoltaic installation on public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
Robert Wilson, senior development manager with Hanwha Renewables, said the project would be sited on BLM land about eight miles west of Clear Lake near Pop Mountain Road and State Highway 257 and would tap into the Black Rock substation. He described an executed interconnection arrangement with Pacificorp (Rocky Mountain Power) and said the project’s output…
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