The Elektron Solar mission will present clear power to Salt Lake City, Park City, Summit County, Utah Valley University and Park City Mountain and Deer Valley resorts.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Elektron Solar Project in Skull Valley in Tooele County on Monday, June 24, 2024.
Two Utah ski resorts are about to be powered by a photo voltaic farm that opened in Tooele County on Monday.
The facility, often known as the Elektron Solar Project, is the results of a collaboration between Salt Lake City, Park City and Summit County – together with Utah Valley University, Deer Valley and Vail Resorts. The farm has agreements with Pacificorp by means of Rocky Mountain Power to serve Utah prospects all through Salt Lake, Utah and Summit Counties.
“This is the biggest renewable power initiative that Salt Lake City has ever been part of,” Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall mentioned throughout a information convention Monday on the facility. “This 80-megawatt photo voltaic farm will help Salt Lake City in reaching net-100% renewable electrical energy by 2030 – an bold objective, however one in all our most essential priorities as a metropolis.”
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall excursions the Elektron Solar Project in Tooele County on Monday, June 24, 2024.
The photo voltaic farm, positioned in Skull Valley in Tooele County about 60 miles west of Salt Lake City, is predicted to generate sufficient clear power to energy practically 20,000 houses every year, in line with a information launch.
This will even deliver the world’s ski resorts nearer to their renewable power objectives. About 80% of the Deer Valley resort will likely be powered by the Elektron mission, and Park City Mountain will now be 100% solar-powered, resort officers mentioned.
“Rocky Mountain Power is happy to proceed its long-term partnership with Utah prospects and communities to take part in our renewable power applications together with our present renewable tariff choices,” the vice Pacificorp president Craig Eller mentioned in an announcement. “This mission represents an essential step ahead in our collective efforts and we look ahead to working with prospects to develop extra initiatives and applications.”
The facility’s photo voltaic power will even cost Park City buses, streetlights and different operations, Mayor Nann Worel mentioned.
“Few initiatives deliver this many neighborhood companions to the desk, however we all know that collaboration and becoming a member of forces have the facility to activate large optimistic change,” Mendenhall added.
“I am unable to consider many initiatives that mix the efforts of three completely different native our bodies, ski resorts, and better training,” he mentioned. “Elektron is as supportive as it’s bold, and Salt Lake City could be very proud to be a accomplice of all of you.”
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Elektron Solar Project in Tooele County on Monday, June 24, 2024.