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13MW PV SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEM (SECS) IN CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA (AES Solar Power, LLC, Current)
GEPermit was recently awarded a contract for CEQA environmental compliance and permitting support for a solar energy project in Palm Springs, California. AES Solar Power, LLC (Applicant) is proposing to construct, operate and maintain an approximately 13 MW solar power facility. The proposed project would be co-located on the site of 10 existing wind energy conversion turbines. The photovoltaic solar energy conversion systems would cover about 26 acres of the approximately 77-acre site. The project includes ancillary equipment such as inverters, transformers, batteries, and a control room to be located in several masonry and prefabricated structures distributed across the site. As part of this project, GEPermit is leading a team of biologists, cultural resource specialists and other technical specialists to conduct all required technical studies. We secured the Conditional Use Permit required by the city and prepared the CEQA-required Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND). We currently provide ongoing permitting support.
ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING AND DUE DILIGENCE FOR OVER 200 MW PV SOLAR PROJECTS, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND HAWAII (Confidential Client)
GEPermit was asked to prepare an environmental permitting and due diligence study for six potential solar projects in California, two in Hawaii, and one in Missouri. After analyzing the resource areas, which included threatened and endangered species, land use, visual compatibility within the surrounding landscape, and cultural resource impacts, the sites were recommended for further study based on our findings.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS/MMRP ANALYSIS TO SUPPORT U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM (Confidential Client)
The project applicant is seeking to qualify for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Guarantee Program. GEPermit was retained to prepare the preliminary impacts assessment and mitigation monitoring reporting program for a solar project on a 100-acre site.
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