Lancaster Clean Energy Center (Conditional Use Permit No. 23-019)

Lancaster Clean Energy Center (Conditional Use Permit No. 23-019)

The project consists of the construction and operation of the Lancaster Clean Energy Center on approximately 1,338 acres generally bounded by 40th Street East, 70th Street East, Avenue J, and Avenue L and divided into two sites. Site 1 consists of approximately 442 acres at the southeast corner of 40th Street East and Avenue K and Site consists of approximately 896 acres bound by 50th Street East, 70th Street East, Avenue J, and Avenue K. Most of the property would be developed with solar facilities with the hydrogen production component of the project located along 70th Street East just north of Avenue K. Little Rock Wash runs through the project site around 60th Street East. No activities would occur within the wash or a 100-foot buffer on either side of the wash. The facility would be a self-sufficient, integrated, off-grid renewable energy facility comprised of the following: • A 650-megawatt (MW) ground-mounted photovoltaic (PV) solar generating facility; • 330-megawatt-hour (MWh) battery long duration energy storage (LDES) system; • A green hydrogen production plant incorporating 400 MWe of electrolyzers and liquefied and gaseous hydrogen storage; • Up to two horizontal cylindrical tanks with a capacity of 30 metric tons each; • Up to three spherical liquefied hydrogen tanks with a capacity of 100 metric tons each; • Onside gaseous hydrogen storage of 30 metric tons in a linear surface pipe storage arrangement; • Facilities for filing liquid and gaseous hydrogen transport trailers for shipping; • Facilities for fueling zero emission trucks/vehicles with gaseous hydrogen; • 2 control/office buildings and 2 warehouse/service buildings; and • Cooling towers. The specific number of cooling towers is dependent on the total number of hydrogen production “trains”. In addition to these facilities, the project site would be surrounded by a tubular steel or chain link fence and 10’ of landscaping would be provided between the edge of the public roadways and the fence to provide additional screening. This screening would occur along Avenue K, Avenue L, 40th Street East, 50th Street East, and 70th Street East along the project frontage. Landscaping would also be provided within the employee parking areas of the site but would not occur around the hydrogen production or fueling areas for safety reasons.

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