From Impact News, March 5, 2009...
Austin City Council voted unanimously March 5 to negotiate and execute a contract with San Fransisco-based Gemini Solar Development Company to produce up to 30 megawatts of solar power over 25 years at $10 million per year, for a total of $250 million. Funding will be provided through the electric fuel charge revenue or future Green Choice revenue. The bid was selected out of 15 proposals.
The facility, which will be located in east Austin, will be the nation's largest solar panel array. The array will be online by 2010. City staff said benefits include no carbon emissions, no fuel cost, energy production coincident with peak demand and the creation of a handful of green collar jobs.
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Monday, March 9, 2009
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