{"id":2585,"date":"2026-06-23T22:13:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T22:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=2585"},"modified":"2026-06-23T22:13:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T22:13:50","slug":"utahs-biggest-solar-farm-comes-alive-in-emery-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=2585","title":{"rendered":"Utah\u2019s biggest solar farm comes alive in Emery County"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>KEY POINTS<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>The Green River Energy Center is now generating 800 megawatts of energy from 996,000 solar panels across 2,500 acres in Emery County, Utah.<\/li>\n<li>The $1.6 billion project highlights domestic energy manufacturing, with all of the steel, and the vast majority of other materials, made in the U.S.<\/li>\n<li>Beyond energy production, the project is investing in rural Utah through $375,000 in scholarships for local students and a $45,000 donation to the Ferron Fire Department.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>After two years of construction, an 800-megawatt solar farm\/battery storage project has begun generating energy in Emery County. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=2583\">455 people charged for alleged $6.5B health care fraud<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dubbed the Green River Energy Center, the project spans over 2,500 acres (about 4 miles) of Utah\u2019s desert, becoming the largest solar and storage project in PacifiCorp\u2019s service territory: Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, Washington and northern California. <\/p>\n<p>The project will generate 400 megawatts of photovoltaic capacity and have 1.6 gigawatts of energy storage, Sundt Renewables President Tom Dodson said. Sundt worked as a contractor for rPlus Energies on the project. <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>Solar photovoltaic capacity refers to the maximum amount of electricity solar panels produce at peak sunlight conditions. A solar farm may have a capacity of 400 megawatts, but it may have a significantly lower average due to cloudy days and nights.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sundt Construction, the project\u2019s contractor, installed 996,000 solar panels and 385 miles of underground cables. The idea for the Green River Energy Center began nearly a decade ago. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cGreen River Energy Center represents the kind of large-scale energy investment we need to deliver reliable energy, support rural Utah and help power the next generation of prosperity across our state,\u201d Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>Utah Sen. John Curtis added that the project strengthens the state\u2019s energy infrastructures and \u201chelps ensure reliable, affordable power for families and businesses across the West.\u201d <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Green River Energy Center is proof that Utah still knows how to build.<\/p>\n<p>rPlus Energies\u2019 400-megawatt solar and battery storage project is making a major contribution to energy abundance and affordability under Operation Gigawatt. \ud83d\udd0b<\/p>\n<p>But this is about more than energy. When\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/llufu1kLBi<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Governor Cox (@GovCox) June 22, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Green River Energy Center has locked in $1.6 billion in funding \u2014 $1.1 billion in construction debt and more than $500 million in tax equity, Cliff Smith, the COO of rPlus Energies, said. <\/p>\n<h3>The \u2018vast majority\u2019 of the project was made in America<\/h3>\n<p>The CEO and founder of Nextpower, Dan Shugar, told the Deseret News that 100% of the steel used in the Green River Energy Center was made in the U.S., as well as a \u201cvast majority\u201d of all other materials. <\/p>\n<p>Nextpower is a California-based company that manufactures intelligent solar-tracking systems. Shugar and his team helped the project\u2019s developer, rPlus Energies, design their solar farm to include smart-tracking mounts and software that turns the panels toward the sun throughout the day to maximize energy yields. <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cCOVID was a bit of a catalyst,\u201d he said. \u201cThere was sort of a meltdown of global logistics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=2581\">Trump to attend World Cup final<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>\u2014 \u00a0<!-- -->Dan Shugar, CEO and founder of Nextpower<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Shugar said following the COVID-19 pandemic, his company \u201creimagined\u201d their supply chain and started manufacturing in the United States. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cCOVID was a bit of a catalyst,\u201d he said. \u201cThere was sort of a meltdown of global logistics.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>In the 10 years leading up to the pandemic, supply chains were reliable in terms of cost and speed. \u201cBoth of those things went out the window\u201d as the world shut down in 2020. <\/p>\n<p>The issue was compounded by global conflicts in the Middle East and environmental issues in the Panama Canal. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe took that opportunity to really increase domestic manufacturing in the states to serve the local market,\u201d Shugar said. \u201cAnd that provided other benefits.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>U.S.-made steel is significantly cleaner than steel made overseas. \u201cIn the U.S., it uses an electric-arc furnace process, which uses predominantly scrap and recycled steel \u2014 it\u2019s way cleaner than using a blast furnace with iron ore and products from coal,\u201d he said, adding that customers also benefit from a greater level of certainty in avoiding tariffs. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe tariff policy has been extremely volatile, and so the customers have much greater certainty of stability of supply that they\u2019re protected from wildly oscillating tariffs,\u201d Shugar said. <\/p>\n<h3>The Green River Energy Center will generate money for students<\/h3>\n<p>On Monday during the project\u2019s on-site ceremony, project partners said they donated $375,000 in scholarship money for local students. <\/p>\n<p>Bayley Hedglin, a development officer from Utah State University, said that 30 students in the area have already benefited from the commitment. <\/p>\n<p>Project partners also donated $45,000 to the Ferron Fire Department. <\/p>\n<p>While fires in solar farms are uncommon, their high-voltage infrastructure increases risk minimally. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=2579\">SpaceX dips below market opening as AI stocks face sell-offs<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Green River Energy Center is now Utah\u2019s largest solar and storage project, representing a $1.6 billion domestic energy investment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2584,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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