Sparkspread: Pushing the Envelope in US Solar
Sector Focus: Pushing the Envelope in US Solar
USA & Canada
Sector: Renewables
Location: USA
Published: 28 April 2022
Authors: Kyle Younker and Andrew Vitelli
The team behind Candela Renewables has been at the forefront of US solar expansion since the technology was still on the margins of the California energy landscape. But a more extensive vision for the industry is now taking root in the scrublands of the American Southwest.
Candela and its capital partner, Spain-based Naturgy, are proposing to build the 2.25 GW Chill Sun solar project in the Amargosa Valley of southern Nevada, one of several sun-rich areas designated as solar energy zones by the federal government. If constructed as proposed, it would be among the largest solar installations to date in the US and rival some of the largest in the world.
