Revolve Renewable Power Corp said the United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has approved its right of way/variance land application for the Parker Solar and Storage Project in Arizona for further processing.
The Parker Project is a 250-megawatt solar and battery storage project, located on approximately 1,530 acres of land wholly managed by the BLM in La Paz County, just southeast of Parker, Arizona. The entire project site is located in a solar variance area as identified in BLM's Solar PEIS and record of decision. It has the capacity to provide electricity to an equivalent of approximately 300,000 homes.
"Completion of the variance approval process is a major milestone for the development of the Parker Project and is the result of some excellent work by the Revolve development team working closely with the BLM over the last 10 months. We now look forward to continuing this work with the BLM and our external consultants as the project moves into the NEPA process," Steve Dalton, CEO of Revolve, said in a statement.
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Vancouver-based Revolve will now continue through the BLM approval process, which will consist of the completion of an environmental review of the Parker project in accordance with the US National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and all other applicable laws, regulations and policies.
Development activities for the Parker Project over the remainder of 2022 are expected to see the completion of field studies including biological, aquatic and cultural resource assessments, and an interconnection study by the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA).
Revolve Parker Solar LLC, a 90% owned subsidiary of the company, submitted its right of way application to the BLM in September 2021 which included a plan of development and variance factor analysis for the Parker Project.
Following the submission of the application, Revolve has worked with the BLM, held meetings with federal and state agencies, held tribal consultation, and a public consultation meeting.
Revolve appointed Wood Group Inc, a global engineering consultancy firm with extensive experience across the energy sector in the United States, to lead the field studies required as part of the process. The biological field studies have already commenced and will be completed in the coming months. The aquatic and cultural resource assessments will be completed during Q1 2023.
Revolve was formed in 2012 to capitalize on the growing global demand for renewable power. Revolve develops utility-scale wind, solar and battery storage projects in the US and Mexico with a portfolio of 3.7 gigawatts under development, with an aim to increase that to 5 gigawatts.
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