Questions cast early shadow on solar power project
By Adam Klawonn · July 27, 2009 · Print This Article
KINGMAN — Details behind the largest solar-thermal project in the world and the new jobs it would create were put in the backseat last week as the project’s first public meeting spun out of control.
The $1 billion project proposed by Albiasa Corp. of Spain would install parabolic troughs cooled by water on 1,400 acres about 45 miles southeast of Kingman. It will use the same amount of water as about 2,800 homes to create enough electricity to power about 42,000 homes. It would create about 2,000 short-term construction jobs and about 100 permanent jobs after the facilty opens in 2013.
Project representatives held a public meeting to discuss the project. Instead, they got an earful from local residents, who were concerned about the water use, the export of electricity created at the plant and more, according to the Kingman Daily Miner.
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