Plans to build 5.38-megawatt solar generating facility on the Colorado Mountain College campus at Spring Valley go before the Garfield Board of County Commissioners on Monday afternoon.
Plans call for a trio of solar arrays to be located on 22 acres of the larger 152-acre CMC site, accessed off of County Road 114. The nearest residential subdivisions are Elk Springs and Pinyon Mesa, situated to the northwest of the campus but not adjacent to the solar array site.
The project is being developed by Ameresco Solar in partnership with electric cooperative Holy Cross Energy to serve customers within the HCE service area. If approved, construction is expected to begin later this summer and take eight months to complete.
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