The proposed 5,200 acre site would be Wyoming's largest solar facility, generating enough electricity to power roughly 73,000 homes.
A billion-dollar solar farm approximately the size of 4,000 football fields is seeking approval for construction in the southeast of Wyoming.Canadian energy multinational Enbridge is planning to construct 771-megawatt solar facility south of the state capital Cheyenne. The proposed 5,200 acre site would be the Cowboy State's largest solar facility, generating enough electricity to power roughly 73,000 homes, the company said.
Wyoming is the country's largest producer of coal, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.Harriet Hageman, the state's sole House representative, has spoken out against the large amounts of land that solar projects require and said in a May 15 letter to the Bureau of Land Management that solar panels 'limit grazing, minimize recreation, and prevent fracking and other energy generation sources.
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