The Seven Sisters consist of seven separate solar power plants, four of which are located in Beaver County and three in Iron County, and the electricity generated will be purchased by Rocky Mountain Power under seven separate 20-year power purchase agreements with SunEdison.
SunEdison North America Utility and Global Wind executive vice president Paul Gaynor said: "These solar power plants will provide significant economic and environmental benefits for the people of Utah."
Utah Governor Gary Herbert said: "These SunEdison projects will produce significant construction job opportunities and meaningful property tax enhancements in Iron and Beaver Counties, while helping resource diversification – both geographic and technological – underway in the West."
Iron County Economic Development Director Danny Stewart said: "The three Iron County sites will have a significant impact on the local economy through the creation of construction jobs and new property tax revenue from the power plants that will be shared by the county, water conservancy district and school district."
The solar power plants will be operated and maintained by SunEdison Services, which provides global 24/7 asset management, monitoring and reporting services.
As the projects are on the Call Right Projects List for TerraForm Power, SunEdison hopes to offer them to TerraForm for investment upon completion.
Image: SunEdison held a groundbreaking ceremony for the 22.6MW DC Seven Sisters solar project in Southern Utah, US. Photo: courtesy of © 2015 SunEdison.
