The final approval includes the associated transmission line connecting the project to Arizona Public Service’s transmission grid, the company said.
The solar power project, which is located on privately owned and actively cultivated land west of the Town of Gila Bend in Maricopa County, Arizona, is expected to supply approximately 450,000MWh annually of reliable, green, zero-emission electricity to the state.
The company claimed that the facility will utilize an advanced molten salt, power tower technology developed by Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, a division of United Technologies Corp, providing the ability to store 10 hours of solar energy and generate electricity on demand.
Arizona commissioner Sandra Kennedy said that the project has a capital cost in excess of $500m and is expected to generate economic development in Gila Bend and throughout the region.
