The companies’ five joint projects, comprising 355MW, have completed IID’s Transitional Cluster phase I and facility study phases to begin the construction.
The first joint project is the 50MW Chocolate Mountains solar farm, that will generate enough clean, safe, reliable electricity to power over 25,000 households.
Construction, commissioning and synchronizing to begin transmitting energy to the grid are projected for the fourth quarter of next year or early 2013.
All 8minutenergy and Gestamp Solar projects are considered in-state resources and are located on disturbed, low-productivity and irrigated farmland.
