![]() ![]() ![]() The proposed plant would have spanned more than 14 square miles (37 square kilometers) atop the scenic mesa and had an 850 megawatt capacity-roughly one-tenth of Nevada's total capacity and enough to provide daytime energy to 500,000 homes, according to the company. Solar Partners VII LLC, another California firm involved in the project, submitted a letter to the Bureau of Land Management saying it intended to withdraw its application "in response to recent communication" with the agency, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. But a group of residents organized as "Save Our Mesa" argued such a large installation would be an eyesore and could curtail the area's popular recreational activities-biking, ATVs and skydiving-and deter tourists from visiting sculptor Michael Heizer's land installation, "Double Negative." "Battle Born Solar Project" developers this week withdrew their application with the federal Bureau of Land Management, which oversees the Moapa Valley hilltop where the panels were planned, KLAS-TV Las Vegas reported.Ĭalifornia-based Arevia Power told the television station that its solar panels would be set far enough back on Mormon Mesa to not be visible from the valley. ![]()
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