Utah’s Clean Solar Energy & Storage Boom: Why?

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February 10, 2025

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Near some of the most beautiful spots in the world, the San Rafael Swell and Arches National Park (as shown in the two photos in the figure below) Moab, the Green River and the Colorado River, there is a massive new green energy project, the Green River Energy Center, which is nearly ready to go online.

Left: Fall colors on the Buckhorn Wash in the San Rafael Swell – Right: Double Arches in Arches National Park. November 5, 2010. Photos by Fritz Hasler

The project is located close to the massive Hunter 1577-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Castle Dale, Utah, shown in the photo below.

Hunter 1577-megawatt coal-fired power plant. Castle Dale, Emery County, Utah. geology.utah.gov photo

The Apple Maps image below shows the location of the solar farm that is part of the Green River Energy…

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