City of Denton (Texas) Public Utilities Board has approved a second NextEra solar project, Bluebell 2, which will be located northwest of San Angelo, according to PV Magazine.
The project is expected to be completed and online by November.
The City of Denton previously contracted with NextEra for the output of the 30-megawatt Bluebell Solar 1 plant, located nearby, as well as for a 150-megawatt wind plant, also in West Texas, which is expected to be online this month.
In February, the City of Denton became the second municipality in Texas to commit to transition to 100 percent clean and renewable sources of energy. The Denton city council voted to revise the city’s Renewable Denton Plan, which now includes a goal of producing enough energy from renewables to meet 100 percent of its electric needs from contracts with solar and wind developers as early as 2020.
Sierra Club estimates that once all three of these projects are online, Denton will be getting roughly 60 percent of its power from renewable energy.
