County commission OKs plans for solar energy farm

Friday, April 2, 2010

by Brian S. Orban

The 20 megawatt solar energy farm near the Grand View Highway represents the first of its kind for Elmore County and is part of a growing number of alternative energy proposals approved by county officials in recent months.

Following its passage of other alternative energy generators in Elmore County in recent months, the county's planning and zoning commission has approved a conditional use permit to build a 20 megawatt solar energy farm off the Grand View Highway southwest of Mountain Home.

This generating facility represents the first of its kind for Elmore County, said Alan Christy, county growth and development director.

In addition, the solar farm is possibly the first of its kind in Idaho, added Robert Paul, managing member with Alternative Power Development Northwest LLC, which submitted the permit request.

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Glad to see this is what we are going with and not the green glowing stack sold to our great county by a snake oil sales man. I truely belive in solar and wind energy, even if they say its a not as viable as other renewable resourses. I dont know about everyone else, but its been windy about 25 of the 31 days last month, I consider that a great untapped resourse. I plan on getting a wind gen. for my house, just to offset the rising energy costs.

-- Posted by scoutin on Fri, Apr 2, 2010, at 10:00 AM
YEAH, thats what Idaho needs wind and solar enery, NOT Nuclear power. I agree with scoutin, this is the windyest place I've ever lived. Hard to believe we don't have huge wind farms.

-- Posted by Moanah on Fri, Apr 2, 2010, at 4:16 PM
Nice to see that someone is thinking outside the box on this. I just worry how close it will be to base and how it might affect the pilots there. Hopefully there is no negative effect and does not impact the process for the F-35.

-- Posted by B Mullen on Sat, Apr 3, 2010, at 10:57 AM

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