Global renewable power producer BrightNight has broken ground on the 300MW Box Canyon Solar Project, which it is developing through a JV with Cordelio Power.
The project, located in Pinal County, Arizona, near the Town of Florence, represents the largest renewable energy procurement in Southwest Public Power Agency’s (SPPA) history, and a major step in Arizona’s clean energy transformation.
The project is the first in the 2GW Arizona portfolio owned by BrightNight and Cordelio Power to commence construction.
The groundbreaking marks a major milestone since SPPA selected the Box Canyon project in a competitive process beginning in December of 2020.
The project features a design optimised to maximixe performance and deliver the highest-value project at the lowest cost with the help of BrightNight’s proprietary artificial intelligence-based platform, the developer said.