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The project will be developed under the US Department of Energys (DOE) initiative to turn previous nuclear sites into clean energy-producing hubs.
In partnership with Hecate Energy, the US Department of Energy (DOE) will build a 1GW solar farm on the Hanford site as part of the Cleanup to Clean Energy initiative.
The DOE hopes to repurpose the site in Washington state, once used to produce plutonium for the Manhattan Project.
Hecate Energy will be given the opportunity to negotiate a realty agreement with the DOE to develop a gigawatt-scale solar photovoltaic system with battery storage.
The company was selected to develop the project through a competitive qualifications-based process in which the DOE evaluated and ranked proposals.
US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said: “The DOE is transforming thousands of acres of land at our Hanford site into a thriving centre of carbon-free solar power generation, leading by example in cleaning up our environment and delivering new economic opportunities to local communities.”The Hanford site, a 580-square mile section of semi-arid desert in the south-east of the state, was established in 1943 and produced nearly two-thirds of the plutonium used in the Manhattan project. |
