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SRP solar plant northwest of Flagstaff expected to offset 1 billion pounds of CO2 each year
Monday, January 23, 2023
Cronkite News
FLAGSTAFF, Arizona — Salt River Project has partnered with Clēnera a private renewable energy company, to bring Arizona its largest solar plant by 2024.
Construction of the CO Bar Solar plant will begin this year on 2,400 acres of private land northwest of Flagstaff in Coconino County. Upon completion, it is expected to offset 1 billion pounds of carbon dioxide each year while generating power for 80,000 Arizona homes.
The project is designed to help SRP meet its decarbonization goals. It expects nearly 50% of the energy it provides customers to come from carbon-free resources and reach 2,025 megawatts of solar by 2025.
CO Bar Solar will provide 1,000 megawatts of solar in total, with SRP customers receiving 400 megawatts. Clēnera will be operating the plant and has control over who receives the rest of the power. Jared McKee, Clēnera’s vice president of business development, said it will benefit all Arizonans and lower the cost of clean energy.

9th Circuit Court of Appeals Decision
William Ellis v. Salt River Project (January 31, 2022)
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Note: This story originally appeared on Cronkite News. It is published via a Creative Commons license. Cronkite News is produced by the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.
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