Scarlet Solar Energy Project (EIR No. 7230)

3 Documents in Project

Summary

SCH Number
2018091022
Lead Agency
Fresno County
Document Title
Scarlet Solar Energy Project (EIR No. 7230)
Document Type
EIR - Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
Dry farming
Document Description
The Scarlet Solar Energy Project (Project) is proposed by RE Scarlet LLC (Applicant), a wholly owned subsidiary of EDP Renewables North America LLC (EDPR NA). The Applicant has applied to the Fresno County Department of Public Works and Planning (the County) for an Unclassified Conditional Use Permit (CUP) to construct, operate, maintain, and decommission a 400-megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic (PV) electricity generating facility and 400 MW energy storage system and associated infrastructure to be known as the Scarlet Solar Energy Project. It would provide solar power to utility customers by interconnecting to the regional electricity grid at Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s (PG&E) Tranquility Switching Station. The Project consists of two major components: the solar facility and the PG&E improvements. The solar facility would include solar PV modules, support structures, electrical inverters, intermediate voltage transformers, two electrical substations, and a switchyard, and a generation intertie (gen-tie) transmission line. Each substation area would include an electrical control building. Other necessary infrastructure would include a permanent operation and maintenance building, a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system, up to 400 MW of on-site battery storage, meteorological data system, access roads, and security fencing. Improvements to PG&E electrical infrastructure would include expansion of PG&E’s Tranquility Switching Station and approximately 1,900 feet of 230 kilovolt (kV) transmission line to connect the solar facility’s 230 kV gen-tie line to the Tranquility Switching Station.

Contact Information

Name
Ejaz Ahmad
Agency Name
Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency

Location

Counties
Fresno
Cross Streets
The site is bordered by W. South Ave., W. Dinuba Ave., State Route 33, S. San Mateo Ave.
Total Acres
4089
Parcel #
Multiple (See NOA for complete listing)
State Highways
33
Railways
None
Airports
None
Schools
None
Waterways
None
Township
15S
Range
15E
Section
19
Base
MDBM

Notice of Completion

State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Office of Historic Preservation
Development Types
Commercial (Scarlet Solar Energy Project)(Sq. Ft. 43560 x 4089, Acres 4089, Employees 8)
Local Actions
Use Permit
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Water Quality

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