First Solar will serve as the engineering, procurement and construction contractor for the Cimarron I project in northern New Mexico, adjacent to land owned by Turner, who is the largest individual landowner in North America. Construction is set to begin this month and be completed by the end of the year, employing 200 people at its peak.
Southern Turner Renewable Energy, announced in January, will own the project, which has a 25-year power purchase agreement with Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, a wholesale supplier serving 44 electricity cooperatives in Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico and Wyoming.
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