DOE/EA-1683: Final Environmental Assessment

DOE/EA-1683 analyzes a 280-megawatt concentrating solar power plant and associated 230-kilovolt transmission line.

Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance

May 3, 2010

Department of Energy Loan Guarantee to Abengoa Solar Inc. for the Solana Thermal Electric Power Project near Gila Bend, Arizona

DOE issued final DOE/EA-1683, which analyzed the potential environmental impacts of providing a federal loan guarantee to support the construction and startup of a 280-megawatt concentrating solar power plant and associated 230-kilovolt transmission line near Gila Bend, Arizona.

For more information, see Department of Energy Loan Guarantee to Abengoa Solar Inc. for the Solana Thermal Electric Power Project near Gila Bend, Arizona.

  • EA-1683-FEA-2010.pdf
    The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is considering whether to issue Abengoa Solar, Inc. a loan guarantee for construction of a 280 megawatt gross output (250 megawatt nominal output) concentrating solar power (CSP) plant (Solana Generating Plant) and associated 230 kilovolt transmission line (Solana Gen-Tie) near Gila Bend, Arizona.