By Ryan Randazzo | The Arizona Republic
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell announced Monday that the department has approved a large solar power plant in western Arizona, as well as two other projects on federal land in Nevada.
The Quartszite Solar Energy Project in La Paz County, about 10 miles north of Quartszite, would occupy about 1,675 acres of federal land administered by the Bureau of Land Management.
The Quartszite plant would be capable of generating 100 megawatts of electricity, which would be enough electricity for about 25,000 homes while the plant is running. It would incorporate technology to store heat and generate electricity when clouds pass or after sunset.
The other two projects announced Monday are the 350-megawatt Midland Solar Energy Project proposed by Boulder Solar Power and the 70-megawatt New York Canyon Geothermal Project in Nevada proposed by Terra-Gen Power.
