It will utilize nearly 4 million individual solar panels to generate enough emissions-free electricity for around 800,000 homes annually.
One innovative aspect is a $1,000 per acre investment fund that Pine Gate negotiated with agricultural organizations.
This county-managed pool will offset any impacts from the solar development.
It will also support programs that bolster the long-term viability of Morrow’s wheat farming economy.
He also praised the Sunstone plan as a key part of the broader nationwide push for similar energy solutions.
The solar farm’s output will feed into the Bonneville Power Administration grid.
The US is massively pushing solar energy.
It produces 864 megawatts of solar with 3,287 megawatt-hours of storage capacity.
