Ua hoʻolaha aku ʻo Dominion Energy Virginia a me ka Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority i ka Pōʻalima e ʻimi like lākou i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kahi pāhana ikehu solar 100-megawatt nui ma kahi o 1,200 mau ʻeka ma Washington Dulles International Airport.
Ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻo Dominion Energy i kahi sublease me ka Airports Authority e hoʻomaka i nā noiʻi kūpono no ka neʻe ʻana o ka papahana. E hoʻopili ʻia ka uila i hana ʻia mai ka papahana lā i ka laina hoʻouna o Dominion Energy e kū nei ma Nā Pāʻālua International Airport waiwai, e hoʻopuka ana i ka ikehu maʻemaʻe no nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā mea kūʻai aku.
Hiki i kahi papahana lā o kēia nui ke hoʻohana i nā hale 25,000 i ka hopena kiʻekiʻe a ʻo ia kekahi o nā hale lā nui loa ma Viriginia ʻĀkau, hāʻawi i ka ikehu maʻemaʻe i ka ʻāina nui loa o ka mokuʻāina.
"ʻOliʻoli mākou i ka hui pū ʻana me ka Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority ma kēia hana manaʻo ikaika hou. ʻOi aku ma mua o 24 miliona mau ohua e lele ana Nā Pāʻālua i kēlā me kēia makahiki e ʻike i ka hoʻohana ʻia ʻana o ka ikehu o ka lā no ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka ikehu maʻemaʻe no ka poʻe Virginia," i ʻōlelo ai Keith Windle, hope peresidena hoʻomohala pāʻoihana a me nā hana kālepa, Dominion Energy.
"ʻO ka hui pū ʻana me Dominion Energy ma kēia papahana koʻikoʻi e hāʻawi iā mākou i ka ʻikepili a me nā mea hana e pono ai mākou e hoʻoholo i ke kuleana e hiki ai i ka ikehu lā ke pāʻani ma kahi kahua mokulele honua nui i kēia manawa a i ka wā e hiki mai ana," wahi a ia. Mike Stewart, luna mokulele, Nā Pāʻālua Mokulele International. "Ua kūpono kēia papahana me ka pahuhopu o ka Airports Authority e hoʻonui i ka hoʻomau a me ka hana kaiapuni o kā mākou mau mea hana."
Ma Sepatemaba 18, 2019, ua hoʻopiʻi ʻo Dominion Energy i kahi noi me PJM, ka hui hoʻoili kūloko e hoʻonohonoho ana i ka pā uila ma nā ʻāpana āpau a i ʻole nā ʻāpana o 13 mau mokuʻāina a me ka Apana o Columbia, e hoʻopili i ka pāhana i ka pahu hoʻouna. Hiki ke hele mai ka hale hou ma ka laina ma mua o 2023 a ke kākoʻo nei ʻo Dominion Energy i ka hoʻolālā kālā kālā kālā.
E kōkua ana kēia pāhana lā e hoʻokō i ka pahuhopu o Dominion Energy e e hoʻemi i ka hoʻoiho kalapona 55 pakeneka i ka makahiki 2030.
Ke lawe nei kēia papahana solar hou i ka hui i ka hapahā o ke ala i kāna pahuhopu e loaʻa iā 3,000 megawatts o ka makani a me ka lā i ka hana a i ʻole ka hoʻomohala ʻana ma 2022.
