DOE/EA-1797: Final Environmental Assessment

Loan Guarantee for the Agua Caliente Solar Project in Yuma County, Arizona

November 1, 2010

Agua Caliente Solar Project; Yuma County, Arizona

DOE issued a final EA that analyzes the potential environmental impacts of providing a federal loan guarantee to Agua Caliente Solar, LLC, for the construction and operation of a 290 megawatt gross output photovoltaic solar power project and associated interconnection transmission line.

For more information, see Agua Caliente Solar Project.

Final Environmental Assessment for Department of Energy Loan Guarantee for the Agua Caliente Solar Project in Yuma County, Arizona, DOE/EA-1797 (November 2010) (3.84 MB)

July 12, 2011

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to issue a loan guarantee to Agua Caliente Solar, LLC (Applicant) for the design and construction of the Agua Caliente Solar Project (Project) located in Yuma County, Arizona. Agua Caliente Solar, LLC submitted an application to DOE under the federal loan guarantee program pursuant to the Energy Policy Act to support construction of a 290 megawatt gross output photovoltaic (PV) solar power plant. The Agua Caliente Solar Project would utilize a PV technology using cadmium-telluride solar panels.