Massive Solar Energy Project Rises in San Luis Valley
2012 Award of Merit
Industrial/Manufacturing Category
Alamosa Solar Project
Alamosa, Colo.
Cogentrix Energy completed construction and start-up of a concentrating photovoltaic facility near Alamosa, Colo., that is the largest plant of its type in the world. The site of the 30-MW facility, on 225 acres in the San Luis Valley, was chosen for its outstanding sunlight, high elevation and the presence of an existing 115-kV transmission line.