Post by Logan on Feb 12, 2017 20:45:51 GMT -6
A 480-acre solar farm proposed for northwest edge of Billings is heating up as renewable energy politics sour at the Montana Legislature.
The MT Sun solar farm would produce 80 megawatts of electricity, enough energy to power 14,400 homes. At 480 acres, it would be Montana’s largest solar project and the first on public land.
The state of Montana signed a lease with MT Sun last September and expects to begin the environmental work on the project in the coming months. Because the property involved is trust land, money from the lease would be given to Montana’s public schools.
“Potentially, should it be all built out, we could be looking at $200,000 a year,” said Mike Atwood of the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation.
Read more: billingsgazette.com/news/montana-s-largest-solar-farm-proposed-for-billings/article_6ae802cc-b0c0-5015-be60-040ab474f91f.html
The MT Sun solar farm would produce 80 megawatts of electricity, enough energy to power 14,400 homes. At 480 acres, it would be Montana’s largest solar project and the first on public land.
The state of Montana signed a lease with MT Sun last September and expects to begin the environmental work on the project in the coming months. Because the property involved is trust land, money from the lease would be given to Montana’s public schools.
“Potentially, should it be all built out, we could be looking at $200,000 a year,” said Mike Atwood of the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation.
Read more: billingsgazette.com/news/montana-s-largest-solar-farm-proposed-for-billings/article_6ae802cc-b0c0-5015-be60-040ab474f91f.html