Bethel Solar Hybrid Power Plant
Summary
SCH Number
2007081062
Lead Agency
Imperial County
Document Title
Bethel Solar Hybrid Power Plant
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
Fallowed agricultural lands/A-3 (Heavy Agriculture) Zone/Agriculture
Document Description
The project proposes to construct a 49.4 megawatt solar hybrid power plant on 400 acres of primarily agricultural land. The project would be comprised of: 1) a solar field design using solar electric generating systems: 2) a power block that will include a steam turbine, generator and cooling towers and; 3) renewable biomass-fired heaters to generate steam at night during off-peak solar production. The project includes an approximately two-mile extension of an electric transmission line between the project site and Imperial Irrigation District's existing electric transmission system.
Contact Information
Name
Richard Cabanilla
Agency Name
Imperial County Planning & Development Services Dept.
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Counties
Imperial
Cross Streets
Wheeler/Erskine/Pierle Roads
Zip
92273
Total Acres
400
Parcel #
034-250-004-000
Airports
Naval Air Facility/El Centro
Waterways
IID Canals and drainage system
Township
15
Range
12
Section
2
Base
SBB&M
Other Location Info
Seeley
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 11 (DOT), California Energy Commission, California Highway Patrol, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Colorado River Basin Region 7 (RWQCB), Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 6, Department of Water Resources, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, Caltrans, Division of Aeronautics, California Department of Conservation (DOC), Colorado River Board, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), Department of Toxic Substances Control
State Reviewing Agency Comments
Caltrans, Division of Aeronautics, California Department of Conservation (DOC), Colorado River Board, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), Department of Toxic Substances Control
Development Types
Power:Other Power Type (Solar Hybrid Power Plant)(Megawatts 49.4)
Local Actions
Use Permit
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Population/Housing, Transportation, Wildlife
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