Lightsource BP, together with Xcel Energy and EVRAZ North America, has launched a 300MW solar project in Colorado.
Lightsource BP, a 50:50 joint venture with BP, unveiled Bighorn Solar project that will help reduce emissions and support more than 1,000 jobs at EVRAZ’s Pueblo steel mill.
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The factory is the world’s first steel mill to be powered largely by solar energy, according to Lightsource BP.
The project brings $285m (€246m) private investment in new energy infrastructure to Colorado and supports more than 1,000 jobs at the steel mill.
It is also expected to offset 433,000 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per year, the equivalent of removing 92,100 fuel-burning cars from the road.