[CPEO-MEF] ENERGY: Luke Air Force Base (AZ) solar plan

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Solar construction at Luke set for 2011

by Rebekah L. Sanders
The Arizona Republic
August 11, 2010

SunPower Corp. expects to begin building one of the largest solar arrays 
in the nation at Luke Air Force Base in Glendale by the beginning of 
next year, base officials announced Tuesday.

...

Arizona Public Service would pay for and own the array of 
high-efficiency panels that San Jose-based SunPower would design, build 
and maintain. APS would sell the energy to its Valley customers and 
charge Luke a fixed electricity rate under a 25-year agreement. Luke 
would provide the 101 acres for the project south of its runway.

The project is a safe alternative for vacant land that otherwise would 
not have been developed because of regulations to protect Luke flight 
operations, APS and base officials said.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/business/articles/2010/08/11/20100811biz-sunpower0811.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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