{"id":39239,"date":"2022-07-27T01:55:53","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T07:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/community-meeting-will-discuss-proposed-solar-project-in-pleasant-view\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T02:48:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:48:51","slug":"community-meeting-will-discuss-proposed-solar-project-in-pleasant-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/community-meeting-will-discuss-proposed-solar-project-in-pleasant-view\/","title":{"rendered":"Community meeting will discuss proposed solar project in Pleasant View"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Invenergy,
Invenergy, a renewable energy company, is proposing to build a 127-megawatt solar project near Pleasant View. The company built this one in Woodville, Ontario, Canada.<\/span>Courtesy Invenergy<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

Community members are invited to an open house on Aug. 8 from 5-7 p.m. at the Pleasant View Fire Station, 15235 Road CC, to learn about a proposed solar energy project by Invenergy Renewables.<\/p>\n

Invenergy, a Chicago-based renewable energy company, is considering building an estimated $127 million solar project near Pleasant View to provide power for Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association Inc.<\/p>\n

The proposed project would generate 127 megawatts, enough to power 32,000 homes. The rows of solar panels would be on 1,100 acres of private land off County Road BB, 2 miles west of Pleasant View. The site has good access to Tri-State\u2019s transmission lines where the power will join the grid.<\/p>\n

Private land has been leased by Invenergy in anticipation of the project moving forward, according to the company.<\/p>\n

More than 100,000 fixed tilt panels would rotate to track the sun from east to west.<\/p>\n

Some opposition already has begun to take shape. An anonymous ad published Wednesday in The Journal <\/em>implored people to show up and voice their objections under the heading, \u201cSave Pleasant View, CO, farmland from becoming a solar farm!\u201d<\/p>\n

The solar power would be sold to Tri-State, which generates and sells electricity to 43 distribution cooperatives, including Empire Electric Association.<\/p>\n

Empire is not involved in the building or financing of the solar project.<\/p>\n

Invenergy is an American company that develops, owns and operates a variety of different power plants, including seven in Colorado. Also in Colorado, it developed six wind projects totaling 1,000 megawatts, and operates a natural gas plant in Weld County.<\/p>\n

Tri-State produces 40% of its electricity from large renewable energy projects, and plans to generate 50% of its energy from renewables by 2024.<\/p>\n

jmimiaga@the-journal.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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