Capella Solar Project by Heliogen SR1, LLC

Summary

SCH Number
2022040342
Lead Agency
Kern County
Document Title
Capella Solar Project by Heliogen SR1, LLC
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
Undeveloped/A-1 (Limited Agriculture)/ 8.5 (resource Management)
Document Description
Heliogen, SR1, LLC (Heliogen) is proposing to design, construct, operate, maintain, and decommission an approximate 5-megawatt (MW) modular commercial concentrating solar power plant (CSP) with a supercritical CO2 (sCO2) power cycle and solid media thermal (TES), which is comprised of an approximately 117-acre field of computer-controlled heliostat mirrors focusing solar energy on receiver apertures on top of an approximate 330-foot-tall, centralized power tower, and ancillary structures, such as a 0.5-acre photovoltaic solar array, and a 9,800 square foot operations and maintenance building. The project would be operated as a test facility. Implementation of the project as proposed includes the following requests: • Zone Change Case No. 63, Map No. 213 o From zone classification A-1 (Limited Agriculture) to A (Exclusive Agriculture) on approximately 142 acres • Issuance of Conditional Use Permit No. 70, Map No. 213 o To allow for the construction and operation of a 5 MW concentrated thermal solar facility with an ancillary solar photovoltaic component and associated infrastructure. • A request for a Non-Summary Vacation of a portion of Farlin Street within the project boundary.

Contact Information

Name
Keith Alvidrez
Agency Name
Kern County Planning and Natural Resources Department
Job Title
Planner I
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency

Location

Cities
California City, Unincorporated community of Mojave
Counties
Kern
Regions
Unincorporated
Cross Streets
Silver Queen Road and Division Street
Zip
93501
Total Acres
142
Parcel #
multiple
State Highways
State Route 14
Railways
None
Airports
None
Schools
None
Waterways
None
Township
10 N
Range
12 W
Section
2
Base
SBB&M
Other Information
APNs - 429-060-13; 429-060-14; 429-060-15; 429-060-16; 429-060-17; 429-060-18; 429-060-19

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 Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, District 9 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan Victorville Region 6 (RWQCB), Office of Historic Preservation, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)
Development Types
Power:Solar (Concentrated Thermal Solar)(Megawatts 5)
Local Actions
Rezone, Use Permit, Non-Summary Street Vacation
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
Public Review Period Start
Public Review Period End

Attachments

Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
State Comment Letters [Comments from state reviewing agencies]

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