11/16/17

Solar farm in Fall River County advances

During a public hearing Fall River County Commissioners approved a 700-acre parcel in the Minnekahta Valley between Hot Springs and Edgemont paving the way for a new utility scale solar energy project.

Korea-based Hanwa Group is expected to begin construction early next year.
With a capacity of 40 MW, the company has already put into place power purchases with Black Hills Energy for delivery in 2018 and 2019, generating enough power for 45,000 homes – assuming 200kWHS per month.
Read more here.

Regulators and market forces in Colorado are driving Rapid City-based Black Hills Energy from coal-fired electricity generation.

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